Alain Coumont's cool vegan soup gets its creaminess from pureed zucchini, sautéed onion and garlic. It's brightened with purslane, a lemony weed that Coumont plucks from his Languedoc country garden; ...

After plunging a spade into a patch of soil, Lynn Landes jumps on it several times, landing her full weight on it each time to drive it deep into the soil. Determined, she begins to wedge a burdock ...

Edible weeds may sound too good to be true, but you know what they say: one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. And hey, what better way to tackle any pernicious, wild or uninvited garden growths ...

Has the heat killed your garden and left nothing but weeds? Then why not eat those weeds? Last year at this time we reported on five healthy weeds likely growing in or near your yard: dandelion, ...

Burdock root or edible burdock (gobō in Japanese) is a rather plain-looking root vegetable with an earthy flavor and crunchy texture that makes it popular in many washoku (traditional Japanese cuisine ...

What is burdock root tea? Burdock root tea or burdock tea, as it’s sometimes known, comes from the root of a burdock plant. It was originally used in traditional Chinese medicine before becoming ...

Spring seems to be an ideal time to go foraging through Central New York woodlands, seeking out wild but edible plants. "The plants are still young and tender -- like sprouts," said Emily Alexander, a ...

PHILADELPHIA — After plunging a spade into a patch of soil at Awbury Arboretum, Lynn Landes jumps on it several times, landing her full weight on it each time to drive it deep into the soil.