Roast: Toss the par-cooked fiddleheads with olive oil and salt, then spread on a baking sheet and roast at 425°F (220°C) ...

For most of us, turkey season is also fiddlehead season. So, while you’re tromping the woods—whether the hunting is slow or not—keep your eyes peeled for these ephemeral edibles. Why? Because they are ...

Elena Valeriote is a writer of stories about food, farming, culture, and travel that explore the connection between people and place. Her work has appeared in publications including Gastro Obscura, ...

Of all the wild edible plants that grow in our country, the ancient fiddlehead ferns are the most unique and flavorful. They are the unfurled new leaves of a fern. Reproducing through spores, not ...

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; ...

A dish made of fiddlehead ferns, duck confit and pasta is prepared by O'Malley. Just after the snow melts, but long before the last frost, hardy New Englanders take to moist meadows and muddy ...

Spring in the Pacific Northwest hits differently. It’s not just pretty; it’s raw, a surge of green pushing through the damp earth. For me, this season isn’t some idyllic unfolding — it’s a connection ...

Other than Summer, Gothamist thinks Spring yields the finest produce of the four seasons. One of the stars of the season is the underappreciated fiddlehead fern. Usually available from April-May, the ...