Spring foraging in Northern Michigan yields everything from morel mushrooms to ramps (also known as wild leeks). We’re heading out into our local woods and fields to connect with our food—and each ...

If you live in the Northeast, the months of April into May mean many things. Mets fans at the bar talking themselves into a long summer. The first cottonwood pollen, and the first round of Allegra.

When you think about poaching, ramps are likely not the first thing that come to mind. But as foraging has grown in popularity, plants including ramps, a popular wild onion, and mushrooms such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few wild edibles incite a frenzy like ramps. But what makes them so sought-after by chefs, foragers, and home cooks alike? Is it ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. - Allan Benton started selling country hams here in the 1970s, figuring he could make a better living than he did as a high school guidance counselor. His early efforts were not ...

You never forget your first time foraging for ramps. For me, it was back home in rural western Pennsylvania. My cousin Andy—my initiator into the mysteries of the coveted wild garlic, or “wild leeks,” ...

Foraging season has begun, and already, one Vermonter looking for ramps has been fooled by the plant's poisonous look-alike: false hellebore. Vermont Health Department officials are urging Vermonters ...

Even as April snow was falling, tender ramps were poking their way out from the forest floor, and thus we can feel reassured that despite those flurries the Earth knows things are warming up. To ...

Earlier this month, while Cinco de Mayo revelers were swan-diving into pitchers of margaritas, a few dozen diners gathered in Brooklyn, N.Y., to celebrate a more wholesome annual rite: the arrival of ...

I was thrilled when, in 2014, I spotted a large patch of ramps while walking my dog in the woods in Penfield. I couldn't wait to experience the strong oniony flavor that was receiving raves in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You never forget your first time foraging for ramps. I knelt to inspect one. The feathery leaves curled outward as though ...