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Celery
Celery is salty, crisp and salty, and makes a great low calorie snack. Fun fact, if left to grow and not harvested in time, the flavor...
Chives
Chives are a garlicky tasting herb that goes great as a topping on many dishes. Typically used fresh in small amounts. Chives are...
Choy Sum
Choy sum has a very rich spinach taste. Typically eaten in soups, stir fries or stuffing dumplings and pot stickers. No scientific...
Cilantro
Cilantro is a delicate herb best eaten fresh, as heat causes it to brown and lose flavor. Typically used as a fresh topping. Cilantro is...
Collard
Collards are thick green leaves with a flavor reminiscent of kale and cabbage. Typically used cooked. Collards are associated with...
Corn
Corn has a sweet, yet savory flavor to it. Usually seen just in the color yellow, it actually comes in nearly every color of the rainbow....
Cowpea
Cowpeas can be eaten two ways: one, with the pod on like a green bean, or two, left on the vine to harden and then harvest the individual...
Cranberry Hibiscus
Cranberry Hibiscus tastes like lemons and cranberries mixed together, making the most wonderful crimson red tea, which is what it is...
Cucumber
Cucumber has a very watery yet fresh taste that comes in more colors than the usual green we are used to. When growing on the vine, they...
Dandelion
Dandelion is a bitter plant known mostly as a common weed, however, there are some cultivated varieties eaten as salad greens or sautéed!...
Dill
Dill is used in the famous flavor of dill pickles! A unique herb that tastes quite different than any of the others. Great for seasoning...
Edamame
Edamame are young soy beans that taste similar to peas. Just steam the pods, put one in your mouth, and pull the beans out with your...
Eggplant
Eggplant is a spongey fruit that soaks up whatever flavor it is cooked with and becomes softer and meatier the longer it is cooked....
Electric Daisy
Oh boy. This one is wild. When you eat one of the electric daisy flower buds, your whole mouth quickly feels like it is carbonated before...
Endive
Endive appears like lettuce, though is usually far more bitter. It’s the frilly leaf version of escarole. Typically used fresh or cooked....
Escarole
Escarole appears like lettuce, though it is usually far more bitter. It’s the straight leaf version of endive. Typically used fresh or...
Fennel
Fennel is a crunchy vegetable with a licorice flavor that is an interesting one to cook with. Because of its candy-like flavor, it’s...
Fenugreek
Fenugreek has a super interesting flavor profile that is hard to describe. Reminds me of curry or old bay seasoning. Usually, it’s the...
Flowers (Edible)
Edible flowers taste typically very fresh/green or somewhat bitter in flavor. They make for beautiful decorations on confections,...
Garden Huckleberry
Garden huckleberry tastes highly bitter, however, when sugar is added in the baking process, the flavor is incredibly transformed! There...
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