On a mild spring afternoon, naturalist Lisa Sanchez identified more than a dozen wild edible plants growing within 200 yards of the Shuts Environmental Library in Lancaster County Central Park. She ...

FORAGED FOOD: Even though its often considered a nuisance, dandelions offer an easily identifiable and plentiful source of nutrients in spring. As I look up from the mailbox, my gaze catches on the ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Timing is everything for Alison Frost and Colleen Kattau in early spring. The friends watch for good weather and the sunny yellow heads of dandelions. They head for a friend's ...

When searching for ingredients to cook with, Irish chef Darina Allen sometimes has only to make a short trip — to her yard. There, she's sure to find a constellation of bright yellow dandelion flowers ...

The idea of a spring tonic is one that spans many cultures throughout time. This phenomenon was partially born out of necessity, since, historically, people needed something nutritious—be it food, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If the dandelion didn’t crop up in our lawns, we would call it a wildflower. If it did better in our vegetable gardens, we’d call it a salad green. If more ...

In 2018, Pennsylvania’s Free Will Brewing Co. released a series of four foraged flower saisons fermented and aged in barrels. One of the flowers it used was a sunny friend that’s starting to pop up in ...