Actress and author Alicia Silverstone recently put her fans into panic mode when she bit into a poisonous berry that she thought was a tomato. After a couple of bites, she noticed a peppery flavor ...

OWN BACKYARD, YOU MIGHT FIND MORE THAN JUST A MISSING BASEBALL OR A CURIOUS CAT. YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR NEXT MEAL. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LONGTIME VIEWERS OF CHRONICLE, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT YOU DO ...

Foraging is all the culinary rage these days, but the idea of harvesting backyard %E2%80%98shrooms for use in store-bought pasta and salads may be off putting to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Lichens can be divided into three types. Crustose lichens lie flat on the ...

Once dismissed as backyard nuisances that needed constant elimination, wild plants like dandelion, purslane, and chickweed are now being celebrated on gourmet restaurant menus and trending across ...

If you’ve ever picked pecans up from the ground at Brackenridge Park or pulled a lime off of a tree in your backyard, you’ve inadvertently taken part in urban foraging. Credit: Adah Esquivel San ...

Chicken of the Woods grows on a log at Floracliff Nature Sanctuary in Lexington, Ky., Oct. 13, 2012. Here’s what to know about harvesting wild mushrooms and other plants in southwest Illinois.