Close-up of a purple Crocus sativus flower - meisam sharifnezhad/Shutterstock Despite their resemblance, most crocus species and lookalikes are inedible or outright ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purple saffron flowers in a basket - Fasil Tiru / 500px/Getty Images In Martha Stewart's world, saffron (Crocus sativus) and its ...

There's treasure buried in the deep soil of Sequim - crocus sativus bulbs. They grow the flower that makes the most expensive spice in the world - saffron. Len Horst owns an organic gardening supply ...

Bittman concedes that it's exotic and expensive. But also, he says, "it should be used." So what is it? The stringy red spice is actually the dried stigma of a saffron flower. It has a distinct flavor ...

Saffron, a spice derived from the Crocus sativus flower, is most commonly associated with Asia and the Middle East. But saffron crocus thrive around the Mediterranean, including Italy, where they ...

After facing one of its worst harvests on record, the Kashmir Valley’s farmers worry about the future of their prized saffron ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X I’d hoped a visit to Consuegra for the annual Saffron Rose Festival would help me learn why this ...

CONSUEGRA, Spain (Reuters) - Saffron has always provided the subtle flavor to Spain's national rice dish paella and colored the central plains with a purple hue for centuries. Now in the 21st century ...