Saffron is a pricy spice harvested from a fall-flowering crocus. Learn how to grow it to harvest your own saffron.

Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world — but did you know you can grow it right in your own backyard? With a little effort and patience, Marin home gardeners can cultivate Crocus sativus, ...

Growing saffron crocus at home can be a rewarding experience, giving you the chance to cultivate your own spice ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Crocus is a low-lying flower, grown from bulbs, that usually crops up in early spring. But you’re looking for Crocus Sativus, which will grow and ...

To try saffron rice pudding, click here for the recipe. Every fall at the Yale Farm we grow one of the world's most expensive crops. It's not the contraband you might think of when you imagine liberal ...

Caitlin Dalton’s planning and preparation began back in August for her ideal recipe that she wanted to make for her holiday work lunch carry-in last month. Dalton contacted me last fall to tell me ...

KERBY, Ore. — Tanya Golden plucked a flower from a greenhouse bed, unfurled its purple petals and removed three long stigmas — reddish-orange strands resembling butterfly antennae. Dried and cured, ...

A native New Yorker of Mexican heritage, Diana Perez has spent the last 17 years working across the culinary media landscape. A graduate of Syracuse University (cum laude), Diana first worked in ...