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 ...

When it comes to the perfect snack what pops into your mind? Is it chips? Or maybe it’s a handful of wasabi peas? But what if we told you that you could turn to your flower bed? Today, we wer… ...

The most famous edible orchid is the vanilla, said Novy. “Vanilla is a vine-form orchid that’s native to Central and South America, although vanilla production today is most famous in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manager Frank Piskur has been known to use pansies and orchids as inspirations for his libations, while co-owner and pastry chef Angela Engel uses fresh edible blooms to garnish desserts.

“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 ...

If you like the flavor of vanilla, then you have enjoyed the fruits from an orchid (Vanilla planifolia is the only orchid that produces something edible).