On the second to the last Sunday of January, the first nettles appeared at the Sebastopol Farmers Market. They were offered by Triple T Farms of Santa Rosa, at $2 a bunch (about 2 ½ ounces) or $5 for ...

Stinging nettles often inspire fear in the home cook. Years ago, at a reading about the book Grains + Greens: Recipes for Deliciously Healthful Meals, the Q & A devolved into a series of nettles ...

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The maxim “no pain, no gain” doesn’t resound in the kitchen the way that it does in the gym. Except maybe when it comes to stinging nettles, a common weed that looks like mint, cooks up like spinach, ...

I am not sure how to take that! You must have either been peering into my garden or have seen me at the gym. Anyway, yes, you can cook with stinging nettles, but you must only go for ones that are ...

One of my favorite plants is either highly versatile, or very confused. On the one hand, professional herbivores like rabbits and deer refuse to even touch it, but many people, myself included, will ...

What’s in season: Because of the cold, rainy spells we’ve been having lately, there are fantastic bunches of nettles showing up at many farmers market stalls — and they’ll be around as long as it ...

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Read this before you touch nettles with your bare hands. As with any foraged food, if you are not sure of your plant, check with someone who is properly trained to avoid accidentally consuming ...