That salad looks delish!

Makes me happy!

Beautiful!

I love it when food looks like art.

rose is my favorit and rose jam is delicious..

My nasturtiums didn't produce any flowers this year. Frown.

I need to give dandelion greens another chance. I can't seem to balance out the bitterness correctly.

I like dandelion greens with fresh kale, raisins, sunflower seeds and Soy Lemon Tahini dressing (at Whole Foods in the produce/refrig. section). Make the salad the night before you are going to eat it and let the flavors soak together and soften the kale. A nice way to balance out the bitter!

I love that Lemon Verbena! Beautiful! 

Recently, I have been falling in love with flowers from this time of year. I am researching flowers for my wedding (September 2011) and found a farm here in NY that comes to the green market at Union Square. The vendor is The River Garden out of Castkill, NY and they have gorgeous flowers!! They have zinnias, cockscomb, snapdragons, salvia, ageratum, celosia, and globe amaranth. I think my bouquets will be pretty kick ass! :-)

that's so pretty, simple and understated! Flower shops should sell more edible flowers...nutrition and aesthetics all in one =)

about 8 white carnations in a vase and iriss

While you are in Detroit, you should check out The Inn Season Cafe in Royal Oak...YUM!!!!

HEY ALICIA,

SOOOO BEAUTIFUL.....AND PLEASE LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY, ALICIA....FOR SUCH AN AWESOME WEBSITE----AND FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS!  I HAVE BEEN VEGAN FOR 1 YEAR TODAY.  I NEVER LOOKED BACK, ONLY FORWARD!  MOST PEOPLE 'I KNOW' COULD CARE LESS, BUT I AM THRILLED FOR ME.

ALICIA, YOUR BOOK HAS BEEN A NEVERENDING INSPIRATION THAT I CONTINUE TO CONSULT ON A REGULAR BASIS, BOTH FOR RECIPES & TO RE-READ THE CHAPTERS REGARDING FLIRTS, VEGANS, AND SUPER HEROS. I CONSIDER MYSELF A SUPER HERO FOR THE MOST PART....SORTA LIKE YOU: 80% SUPER HERO & 20% VEGAN. COOL BEANS!

ALSO, I FEEL YOU'VE REACHED MANY VIA THIS KIND WEBSITE, WHICH HELPS REINFORCE YOUR BOOK. SO, ANYWAY, JUST GIVING KUDOS WHERE KUDOS ARE DUE. LASTLY, MY 73-YR-OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW VISITED US YESTERDAY....1ST TIME IN 2 YEARS...AND SHE TRIED MANY OF MY VEGAN FOODS, EXCLAIMING EACH TIME: "THIS IS GOOD!" WHAT A KUDO, EH?!

YOUR FRIEND FOREVER (IZZAT OK?),

TY-K, (TYTANIUM-K), (TYTANIUM-KEN)

Hey Alicia and everyone!! As I'm sure you all know Urban Decay makes a lot of Vegan Makeup and is always cruelty free.. So I entered my boyfriend in this contest they are having.. You can vote once a day so I figured I'd ask some fellow kind lifers to help.. It would be nice if a cute kind guy won! thought you might all agree, heres a link.. and thanks again!

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My favorite flower for eating is the Pansy and I really feel that this little flower was misnamed because it is no pansy.  They will still flower and have flowers after being burried under 3 feet of snow.  I was very impressed to see it in my dads garden.    My second favorite flower is of course the Rose and I named my daughter after this flower as well I always thought it was a great name for a girl not to mention not wanting people or kids for that matter to be able to make fun of her name like they did for me. 

hi ty-k

thanks so much...im so thrilled you are enjoying your journey so much and such an active community member....i feel like i know you!

loads of love alicia

I haven't used edible flowers yet in any dishes. I'm going to be trying them in some dishes soon though because they look oh so beautiful. I live in Wisconsin so our growing season is over with so we don't have any cool edible flowers in our area.......I'll have to check out some of the local supermarkets. Thanks for the really cool ideas!!