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, ...

Fiddleheads are one of spring’s most coveted wild edibles. Credit: Hannah Palmer Egan Fiddlehead season is short. In May, just after mud season subsides, the ferns send up tender little coils that — ...

The first plant I taught each of my three kids to identify was poison ivy. Making sure they knew how to avoid a plant that can cause such discomfort was important to me as a parent. Although they ...

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It’s easy to walk into the wild in central Pennsylvania and come back home with plenty to eat. For those new to the idea of foraging, experts like Debbie Naha-Koretzky, owner of the Wild Edibles Lady ...

announce their arrival with fanfare: mangoes perfuming the air before they are seen, or the first flush of Darjeeling tea that arrives with entire marketing campaigns attached. Others emerge quietly, ...