"Harvesting nettle seeds is easier than you think; take a bag or basket and snip off some of the top stems of plants" At this time of year, a walk down country roads and lanes is a glorious thing.

Long before the matsutake mushroom, madrona-bark cream, and nettle-seed dish made it onto Cafe Barjot's menu in early September, it had been taking shape within chef Nick Coffey's mind for weeks.

I can hear the rain coming in the distance; can feel its moisture with the slight and gentle wind. Better go close some windows. We could use this rain for the second wave of harvesting that is to ...

What the hot dog is to Coney Island, the stinging nettle is to Dorset County, England. Apparently, the world's stinging-nettle-eating championship - wherein challengers eat as many stinging nettles as ...