Sweater Weather … eventually. An Iced herbal cider recipe.

the glass changes seasons while you hold it. You pour cold, bright, herb-infused cider over elder flower ice cubes. The first sip is summer — crisp apple, lemony, a little green. Then the cubes start melting and that muscat-floral elder flower creeps in, and by the bottom of the glass the whole thing has gone […]

Unlocking the Power of Prickly Lettuce: Lactucarium in its full medicinal force

From personal discovery to clinical application: why the traditional extraction methods just aren’t cutting it Almost 35 years ago, when I first stumbled upon wild lettuce (Lactuca serriola mostly at that time) growing abundantly around me everywhere in Colorado, I had no idea it would become one of my most valued therapeutic allies one day […]