Here in the Northeast United States, our snow is finally melting away, the maple sap is finishing up its spring run, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring is in full swing, which means a Maine delicacy is in season: fiddleheads. They’re edible ostrich ferns that haven’t ...

Few foods look more fetching on the plate than fiddleheads, those vibrant green coils that emerge in moist forests each spring. Aptly named, a fiddlehead is the new growth of a fern, with a curled ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Standing barefoot in a grassy patch of dandelions, Iris Phoebe Weaver excitedly begins listing the many ways the modest plant can be used medicinally and in cooking. “I just ...

I’ve “hunted” for truffles twice now—but only recently realized that this categorically falls into the realm of foraging. On a trip to Tuscany and Piedmont last fall, I began by meticulously scouting ...

Editor’s note: We highly recommend listening to this story. Somewhere off the highway in Western New Hampshire, I’m meeting with a group of foragers in a parking lot at an undisclosed location. Lush ...

A late April nature walk in Burlington’s Intervale started out unexpectedly high-tech. As the 18 participants gathered, Duncan Murdoch, the Intervale Center‘s natural areas stewardship coordinator, ...

Foraging in New Jersey picks up in April with ramps, mushrooms, stinging nettles, fiddlehead ferns and more blooming. Dozens of restaurants in North Jersey, including Summit House, create unique ...