Foraging

Young spring nettles make fine soup, tea and pesto. Here's how to identify them, pick safely with gloves and scissors, and blanch away the sting.

Learn the mushroom mix-ups behind most poisonings — death caps mistaken for puffballs, false morels, jack-o'-lanterns — and the field...

Learn to identify ripe wild blackberries, steer clear of poison ivy and contaminated ground, and harvest in a way that leaves the patch...