tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508610690447856115.post5569061183671933845..comments2023-09-18T04:13:39.234-07:00Comments on Hungry Passport: Separate Tables at the Fennel Blossom CafeHungry Passporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198279448241185376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508610690447856115.post-17379763983623893092010-05-31T09:49:46.804-07:002010-05-31T09:49:46.804-07:00Good timing, Marc. I'll be harvesting it in a ...Good timing, Marc. I'll be harvesting it in a few weeks, my first time to do so. I'm writing an article on fennel and its many applications for one of the Edible magazines, experimenting in the process to discover how best to use its various parts. I'm just betting that in the culinary world of if-it-grows-together-it-goes-together, fennel pollen will be great on anything that would benefit from fennel plant or fennel seed.<br /><br />If you have a small bit of ground, try growing some. It's a plant that merits the real estate it occupies--it's all edible and it's pretty. I've never tried growing it in a pot, but you might get a large one and a started fennel plant from a garden center. It would look lovely in a sunny window spot or on a balcony, if that's all you have. I'd be interested to know if a large pot would be adequate for it. Of course, if you have it in your possession, you can harvest and eat without worrying about pollutants or officials.<br /><br />Good luck! Please let me know how it goes. I always post pdf's of my published work on my website, hungrypassport.com, so when the fennel article appears, I'll post it there.<br /><br />Cheers! CarolHungry Passporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12198279448241185376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508610690447856115.post-61434873464134442312010-05-31T09:19:01.758-07:002010-05-31T09:19:01.758-07:00Do you ever harvest the fennel pollen? I see that ...Do you ever harvest the fennel pollen? I see that on menus in San Francisco now and then, often as a final flavoring item. If you do harvest it, how do you use it?<br /><br />Although fennel seems to grow all over the place in California, I have yet to find a good source of clean fennel (i.e., not alongside a busy road or on park land designated as "no collecting allowed").Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108059997977496770noreply@blogger.com