Brightening Summer Feasts With Flowers

It is summer for those of us in the Northern hemisphere and flowers are blooming everywhere. Although not commonly eaten, many flowers are edible and can really brighten up your culinary creations. Colourful pansies and nasturtiums make wonderful additions to salads; violets and rose petals can decorate the dessert plate.

Christine Green has written an informative article for the New Zealand Herald on how to use flowers in your cooking. For gardeners a source of fresh untreated flowers will be readily available, for others be careful to use only flowers grown for edible use. Caution should be taken when trying any new food in case of allergy or sensitivity.

Link: The culinary delights of flowers from the New Zealand Herald - The links at the end of the article are definitely worth investigating.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:25 PM on July 27, 2005