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Functional fungi: Get to the root of the latest wellness craze and learn how mushrooms can help your health

When scientists and archaeologists examined the body of Otzi the Iceman - a 5,300-year-old natural mummy discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991 - they found birch polypore mushrooms among

8 holiday gift ideas for cooks and food lovers

The calendar keepers tell us it’s the gifting season. If I ran the world, I would propose that we all give each other the gift of food and each other’s

8 things to sip on in Lancaster County this fall

5 local plants to safely forage and cook this spring

Your backyard vegetable garden may be weeks away from its first harvest. But if you’re game to travel and work for your salad, an edible plant party awaits in local woodlands. In these early weeks of spring, wild greens, shoots and leaves are strutting their stuff, a veritable cornucopia waiting to be foraged. With foraging comes a caveat, however: To get the goods, you need to know where to go and how to safely (and sustainably) harvest. To better understand local wildness, I sought the counsel of Elisabeth Weaver and Alex Wenger, two Lancaster foragers who share a love for native plants and their role in our diets.

5 local plants to safely forage and cook this spring