“Fennel is a remarkably versatile ingredient,” says Held. ... Fennel pollen, which is extracted from the flowers and then dried, has anise flavors with honeyed citrus undertones.

Dried fennel stalks can even be added to wood chips for smoking on the barbecue. And fennel flowers have been used as a ...

For a non-plastic-encased option, try storing fennel upright in a cup of water on the counter like a bouquet of flowers. Either way, try to use your fennel within a few days — any more than that ...

1. Pair Blooms With Seeds. These seeded crackers taste like the best kind of health food — that is, the kind you can’t stop eating. A great way to explore how far flowers can go in the kitchen ...

And if you have never eaten fresh fennel, then you have likely encountered its “seeds,” which are actually the fruit born when the blossoms are allowed to mature that are then dried. Fennel ...

Fennel is a friend of mine. I've grown it every year I've been a gardener, and, much to my amazement when I first moved west, the plant grows wild all over California. It's a weed. A delicious ...

People can also steep fennel seeds, leaves, and flowers to make tea. Fennel tea may aid digestion and other gastrointestinal issues such as heartburn, bloating, loss of appetite, and colic in infants.

Wild fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, doesn't form the bulging bulb characteristic of commercial fennel. Instead, the useful parts are the thin, tender, sweet spring shoots, which become thicker and ...

Conversely, you can simply add a few clusters of flowers to the alcohol and leave them in until the liquor is gone, giving the infusion a gradual heightening of intensity the longer it sits. Wild ...

Fennel pollen is complex, and that’s what makes it so great. At first taste, it’s reminiscent of the fennel seed: anisey and earthy. But then it transforms into a citrusy, sweet finish.

The dried flowers are fragile but handled carefully will last about a year. Jane Cush’s garden, ‘Millgate’ is one of five private gardens open as part of the Southern Highlands Botanic ...