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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a cold autumn morning Abdul Rashid Mir and his 7-year-old daughter Ishrat, wearing traditional attire and carrying small baskets, arrive in a field in the Konibal area of Pampore to collect saffron ...