• Edible flower salad
    Food,  Living

    Cooking with Edible Flowers

    The nasturtiums I have been tending finally burst into mildly sweet and lightly peppery blooms.  For weeks I watched their leaves pop up like parasols in my edible flower patch, sometimes shading the yellow and deep orange buds about to emerge.  Throughout the spring they formed a showy display of green, the kind that makes you want to take them right into the kitchen, which now I have along with the cheerful flowers. Nasturtiums bloom profusely once they are on a roll, meaning that my salads, pasta, and plant-forward recipes will feature the gorgeous colors for weeks to come.  While edible flowers each have their own culinary charms, these lend…