Thanks to Homer's The Odyssey, the lotus in Greek mythology is closely linked to forgetfulness and escapism, as those who ...

In Homer’s epic, Odysseus’s men eat something so powerful that they forget about home. Which plants could have produced such ...

Do people eat flowers? Yes, many of them. Experts say that the Greeks, Romans, and French during the Middle Ages and the English during the Victorian era included edible flowers in their cuisine, ...

Many common garden flowers are safe to eat. Learn which ones to pick and how to harvest them for your next meal.

I often wonder if flowers from my gardens are edible, as I'm sure many others do. And to my surprise, many of the blooms from the vegetables, herbs, and flowers are not only OK to eat, but they taste ...