Wild onions

Edible wild onion species are found all across North America—here are a few of our favorites.

Wild onions are tasty, good for you, and since they grow just about anywhere in the US, you can harvest them for free. Here's how to do it...

With over a hundred varieties and similar counterparts, distinguishing genuine wild onions is vital, especially in their early stages. Genuine wild onions are entirely edible, but ingesting poisonous substitutes can be deadly. Acquiring knowledge about key differences is essential for a safe foraging adventure, allowing you to enjoy your meals worry-free. Explore the identification process and savor the satisfaction of a risk-free foraged dinner.

There is often vigorous disagreement among botanists and seasoned foragers about the difference in wild onion and wild garlic plants. Sometimes it even crosses over into whether they are different plants at all. Take a look at the characteristics of each and see for yourself how clear it can be.

The first time I ate wild onions I thought they were a godsend. I was a couple months into my Appalachian Trail thru-hike and totally craving anything green and fresh. I had been living off instant beans and rice, instant potatoes, oatmeal, and granola bars in between restaurant stops on hitchhikes into town. I dug

When life gives you clusters of Wild Onion Grass in the yard, learn to dehydrate Wild Onion Grass to stock your pantry with a seasoning similar to chives!

This is a guide about eating wild onions. Although somewhat different in flavor from their garden cousins, wild onions can be used in your kitchen in place of garden varieties.

There are many offerings that are considered traditional Chickasaw recipes. Most notably this includes grape dumplings, Indian fry bread and pishofa.

A ramps recipe that features these wild onions as sweet and sour, or agrodolce. Pearl onions and garlic works well with this recipe, too.

Wild onions. These are the very reason I decided not to plant any onions in the garden this year. Mother nature is rolling them out like carpet in the woods. A sort of tall, green, pungent, shag...