Food Features Know Your Food Jargon: Dried plums Here’s your foodie word of the day. By Stefanie Gans March 27, 2017 Photo courtesy of Handmade Pictures/Adobe Stock Here’s your foodie word of the day: Dried plums (n.): Prunes, of course, though Sam Sifton, food editor of The New York Times, wants to rebrand them “so people don’t wrinkle their noses when I call for them in a recipe.” (March 2017)