In an effort to encourage healthy eating, while promoting curiosity, Oberlin City School District AVI Food Services Department introduced edible flowers to elementary students, according to a news ...

Colorful and elegant with an air of exotic mystery, the orchid isn’t exactly the first ingredient that comes to mind when tossing a salad. Yet orchids have been used for cooking perhaps longer than ...

Human beings have, no doubt, tried to eat just about everything on the planet. All you have to do is watch an infant shovel anything within arm’s distance into his mouth to know that virtually nothing ...

Orchids are as edible as they are beautiful, and when chefs include them as a side dish with fish or meat, it’s always with a warning that you are about to swallow a flower. But not just any flower — ...

The eclectic make-up of North Milwaukee Street continues to grow with the appearance of giant pickles, edible orchids and homemade soups. Throw in a few slices of grainy sandwich bread, thick spreads ...

Orchids, belonging to the Orchidaceae family, are among the most diverse and widespread flowering plants on Earth. With over 25,000 species, they captivate enthusiasts and botanists alike with their ...

“You eat pretty when you eat flowers,” said herbalist and chef Miche Bacher. Bacher has been eating flowers for more than 30 years. She opened to the idea that blooms had value beyond what we see and ...

Bite-sized dark chocolate truffles, lightly coated in a rainbow of powders — cocoa powder, powdered sugar and powdered candied rose petals or lilacs — rested on a clean white plate adorned by a curvy ...