Unlock the secrets of Alache, a hidden Mexican superfood! Learn about its health benefits, traditional uses, and how to cook it in delicious recipes!
GURMAR: The Sweet Destroying Wizard
Learn about the plant that temporarily stops your ability to taste sweet flavors: GYMNEMA!
Lambsquarter: My Favorite Wild Green
An ode to my favorite wild green
Caimito: The Blueberries-and-Cream-Colored Fruit of Mystery
A delicious blueberries-and-cream-colored fruit that is shockingly obscure.
Cholla Cacti: Flower Buds, Fruit, and Ritual Pain
A shrub-like cactus with edible buds, fruits, and joints that people historically have used to inflict pain upon themselves.
Jícama: A Toxic Plant with Tasty Roots
Do you find it odd that there is a giant bulbous tuber— that that belongs to a toxic tropical plant —being offered for dirt cheap in most big-box grocery stores in America, but you practically never see one in the checkout line?
Patchouli: It is an Edible and Medicinal MINT!?
An edible mint with a doobieous reputation.
Pericón: A Culinary Marigold that Will Not Get You High
A marigold that has been used as a culinary spice and incense for thousands of years.
Buffalo Gourd: The Subterranean Colossus
Welcome to the foreboding and bizarre presence of America’s subterranean colossus with squash bejeweled hair. Welcome to the world of Cucurbita foetidissima!
Marasi: The "Other" Miracle Fruit
Miracle Berry is not the only taste-modifying plant on Earth! Meet Marasi, the plant that turns sour things sweet… and is sweet on its own.
Curly Dock: Would You Care to Try My Aphrodisiac Toothpaste?
Rumex crispus makes a pretty good coffee substitute, toothpaste, yellow dye, a revolting mouthwash used by Pliny the Elder himself, and many other surprising things.
Dandelion: A Deep Dive into the World's Most Famous Edible and Medicinal "Weed"
A deep dive into one of the most famous edible and medicinal plants
Blue Mustard: Tastes like Spicy Radish/Smells Like “Wet Bar Rags”
This stinky invasive mustard has a beautifully delicious secret.
The Oyster Leaf: Where the Seas Tear Savagely at the Land
All about a succulent fat-producing plant that everyone swears tastes exactly like oysters.
Cota: A Pleasing Semidesert Tea for Thrival Situations
Cota makes a delicious ancient brew and thrives in the heat and parched areas of the Americas.
Midyim Berries: Australian Berries that Taste like Nutmeg Custard
Wild Australian berries that taste like nutmeg custard.
Sarvisberry: A Native Berry for Soups and Pudding
An extremely cold-hardy tree that produces blueberry-like fruits that are good for soups and pudding.
Yaupon: North America's Only Native Caffeinated Plant
America’s only caffeinated native plant is not only delicious, but it will not make you vomit all over the place!