This recipe has an expiration date because the key ingredient is a fleeting seasonal green. Ramps, also called wild leeks or spring onion, are one of the first woodland plants of spring. Wild foraged (there are no ramp farms) and super pungent, these seasonal edibles inspire a kind of frenzy among food lovers. Try our…
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Raising a Stink Over Ramps
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…