The ramp is a wild onion native to North America and is sometimes called spring onion, wild leek, or wild garlic. It is known by the Latin name Allium tricoccum. Long appreciated by country folk and eaten as a spring tonic, the ramp has in recent years taken on a mantle of cult status among…
Tag: seasonal food
It Only Happens Once a Year!
After the cold, grey months of winter, we love to see the seasonal greens appear once again. This is the time for fiddlehead ferns and ramps. The sudden arrival of crates of fresh, green things in our warehouse is one of the pleasures of early spring. There is only a brief moment when fiddleheads, or fiddlehead fern…