This herb offers up a citrus-like taste as well as a nutty-spicy, salty-lemony one. Providing the perfume of citrus, the texture is tender and mild with the citrus coriander having edible lacy leaves and stem. The blooms, also deliciously edible, add beauty to the plates.

Sweet Alyssum is, as the name suggests, an edible flower with a sweet flavor and scent. It also comes with a touch of anise/peppery flavoring. When left to grow wild, it creates a wonderful carpet-like effect—which explains its secondary name: carpet flowers.

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Creative chefs from all around the globe are using edible flowers in their soups and stews, salads, desserts, candies, flavored oils, vinaigrettes, drinks and much more. At the Culinary Vegetable Institute, our team uses them in tinctures and bitters to create unique cocktails and mocktails. And, although usage of these flowers is clearly experiencing a well-deserved surge in popularity, culinary flowers have been used for centuries.

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