In Latin, she goes by Urtica dioica, but you may know her as "stinging nettle." The word "stinging" can be a bit of a turnoff, especially in the kitchen. I urge you to get over it, as I did more than ...

Preserve this healthy wild weed rich in vitamins, minerals, and iron, while also learning about stinging nettle benefits and some recipes on how to cook it! Here in the Appalachian Mountains, spring ...

A note about nettles: Yes, they sting, due to hollow hairs on the leaves and stems that inject histamine and other chemicals into the skin when touched. Fortunately, soaking the leaves and stems in ...

Let's forgive the Stinging Nettle — an herbaceous weed currently popping up all over Southern California following our December rains — for evolving those highly annoying tiny little hypodermic ...

Before they’re cooked, nettles are possessed of an irritating chemical that lies in tiny needles that comprise the fuzz on the underside of the leaves. Once cooked, the fragile chemicals that cause ...

We like to get our own back on the weeds that invade our farm, and this soup is just the thing to pay back stinging nettles. You’ll need to use gloves and long sleeves and slacks when you harvest them ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their ...

Looking for something unusual to start the new year? Stinging nettle – also known as common nettle or Urtica dioica – is an herbaceous perennial flowering plant that packs a powerful antioxidant punch ...

There's a restaurant in northwest D.C. called Blue Ridge (the brainchild of chef Barton Seaver) that I enjoy because it focuses on local, seasonal, sustainably sourced ingredients without coming ...