All About Dandelions: Medicine Making and Culinary Creations
About this episode
This episode explores the dandelion plant, its uses in medicine and cooking, and provides guidance on identification and harvesting.
We’re digging into one of the most overlooked plants in our landscape, dandelion, specifically Taraxacum officinale. What most people see as a weed, we see as a powerhouse of flavor, nutrition, and medicine...and we’re excited to share why. We walk you through how to properly identify dandelion (and avoid common lookalikes), when and how to harvest each part of the plant, and why timing makes all the difference. From there, we head into the kitchen, where we share simple, practical ways to us...
People in this episode
Host: Bevin Cohen
Topics covered
- dandelions
- medicinal plants
- culinary uses
- foraging
- nutrition
- plant identification
Keywords
- dandelion
- medicine making
- culinary creations
- foraging
- nutrition
- plant identification
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: All About Dandelions: Medicine Making and Culinary Creations
Places: Taraxacum officinale
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