Nasturtiums are rich in antioxidants and lutein, supporting immunity, liver, vision, and skin health. Calendula contains nutrients like Vitamin A and magnesium, benefiting skin, immunity, and muscle ...

Add flowers to liven up your cooking! Learn what flowers are edible by using this edible flowers list, including edible flowers for cake and other desserts. Use the edible flowers you’ve found in ...

Besides adding color and interest, there are plenty of healthy reasons to incorporate edible flowers into your recipes. Just like their mother plants, edible flowers contain cancer-fighting ...

A classic culinary flower, lavender pairs nicely with ice cream and sorbet, cookies and scones, tea, salad dressings and looks and tastes lovely frozen into ice cubes. (Chris LaBelle) Pop some flowers ...

Your food can be as beautiful to look at as it is tasty to eat, just by adding colorful blossoms of edible flowers. Not only can edible flowers add a treat for your eyes and palate, they are virtually ...

If you've ever tried growing your own herbs, or foraged for them out in the wild, you may have noticed them flowering. Now, edible flowers are something of a fine dining cliché, but they're not just ...

There is a Chinese proverb that says: “When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one and a lily with the other.” It turns out you would not only be able to eat the ...

Will you be adding some new flowering plants to your garden this spring? If you like to cook with what you grow, consider planting some that do double duty by providing attractive flowers that are ...

Who knew that violas -- bigger than a violet, smaller than a pansy -- had such a heady fragrance? Yet when Mark Toocheck lifts the plastic tarp from a raised bed of the perky-faced flowers, the ...

Ah, flowers. Aside from being beautiful to behold, they have myriad meanings ranging from the touchingly sweet to the subtly bitter, making them perfect gifts especially on the widely celebrated ...

I was asked to bring an appetizer to a garden party and found myself in a quandary. I didn’t want to bring any food that needed heated, or that would not hold up on a buffet table. The herb garden ...