Fiddlehead ferns are a delicious, short-season spring vegetable. They take a bit of prep but are easy to cook once you know ...

If you explore the produce section of your local grocery store in mid-May to early June, you might encounter a strange seasonal vegetable. Intensely green, these spirals resemble the top of a violin; ...

Elena Valeriote is a writer of stories about food, farming, culture, and travel that explore the connection between people and place. Her work has appeared in publications including Gastro Obscura, ...

Fiddlehead ferns are a delicious, short-season spring vegetable. They take a bit of prep but are easy to cook once you know how. However, they must be fully cooked to ensure they are safe to eat. Here ...

Of all the wild edible plants that grow in our country, the ancient fiddlehead ferns are the most unique and flavorful. They are the unfurled new leaves of a fern. Reproducing through spores, not ...

I walk the trail searching for tiny green curls among the towering spruce trees popping up through the sphagnum moss. I’m looking for fiddleheads. Actually, the common name for the curly top of all ...

Spring in the Pacific Northwest hits differently. It’s not just pretty; it’s raw, a surge of green pushing through the damp earth. For me, this season isn’t some idyllic unfolding — it’s a connection ...