Picture this: roughly about half a football field covered in delicate purple flowers, blooming for just two weeks out of the entire year. Now imagine that each of those flowers contains only three ...

It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or simply pleasure. Bulb-like corms, at top, produce saffron crocuses. Each ...

Saffron is a prized spice with a rich history. It's a star ingredient in many cuisines in the Middle East, India, and Europe, lending its distinct saffron, dark red color and sweet, earthy flavor to ...

Saffron is a vibrant red spice that comes from the plant saffron crocus (Crocus sativus). It’s made of the flower’s dried stigmas (the tops of the female part). The plant is thought to have originated ...