The spicy, horseradish-y flavor of peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum) sneaks up on you. When my foraging tour participants first taste it, their response is ho-hum. Then a moment later their eyes widen ...

Black pepper, the ubiquitous seasoning that grows mainly on India’s Malabar Coast, is not a plant you will find growing wild in North America. But there is another “pepper” that you can find for free ...

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Virginia peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum) blooms in a racemose pattern, with the oldest flowers at the base of the stalk and new blossoms at the tip, so the entire inflorescence resembles a ...