Flower buying guide for cooks
Greenport chocolatier Miche Bacher's "Cooking with Flowers" includes recipes incorporating rose petals, lilacs, lavender and other edible flowers. (March 20, 2013) Credit: Randee Daddona
Miche Bacher, author of "Cooking with Flowers, recommends the following sources for fresh, organic, edible flowers:
Peconic River Herb Farm, Calverton (631-369-0058), prherbfarm.com: This nursery has a variety of flowers for the cook, as well as a shop stocked with vintage goods for kitchen and garden.
Koppert Cress, Cutchogue (631-734-8500), usa.koppertcress.com: It stocks nasturtiums and pansies year-round. Call ahead to place an order. In warmer months, there is a farm stand at the front entrance.
Marx Foods, marxfoods.com
Gourmet Sweet Botanicals Store, gourmetsweetbotanicals.com
Sur La Table, surlatable.com: Sells a nice variety of candied, crystallized flowers.
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