A GIFT Edible Flower Recipes Fill your garden with flowers that are a treat to the plate. I grow them in the garden for their beauty, then harvest the blooms and use their flavors. Like the herbs and spices you're probably more used to, edible flowers add flavor to food. Their range of flavors includes sweet, bitter, floral, herbal, spicy, minty, perfumed, citrus, anise, and onion. In This Article 1.
Flowers make food fun and beautiful.
Go by the botanical names of the flowers. Common names vary from region to region and may be misleading. Eat only those flowers that have been grown organically. Don't eat flowers from florists, nurseries, garden centers, or public gardens where they're grown using chemicals, and don't pick them from along busy roads. Be especially wary of flowers on wedding cakes.