Cool spring weather slowly brings to life the wild fiddlehead fern, which offers the flavor of asparagus and artichokes simultaneously. The season is short and unpredictable, but the ferns are worth ...

Constantine Rafinesque, a young French botanist, came to Philadelphia in 1802 and soon set off for Appalachia, walking at least 8,000 miles on foot in search of previously unclassified flora. He would ...

The fiddlehead micro-season is here, so get them now before they all unfurl into the fronds of ostrich ferns. “They popped up last Friday,” says Franca Tantillo of Buried Treasures, stalwart of the ...

If you explore the produce section of your local grocery store in mid-May to early June, you might encounter a strange seasonal vegetable. Intensely green, these spirals resemble the top of a violin; ...

Blink, and they're gone. That's if you see them at all. Fiddlehead ferns are an elusive joy of spring for those who like to forage in the forest for their food -- or for those who know of a farm stand ...

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 ...

Fiddleheads are the gateway for many novice foragers. Easy to recognize, easy to pick, and oh so charming with their dainty curly-cues. In texture, fiddleheads most resemble green beans, but for taste ...

DULUTH -- One of the first and tastiest harbingers of spring makes its appearance at this time of year. As bloodroot blossoms, ferns begin to wake from their winter nap. The plentiful ostrich fern ...

I walk the trail searching for tiny green curls among the towering spruce trees popping up through the sphagnum moss. I’m looking for fiddleheads. Actually, the common name for the curly top of all ...