There is new interest in growing saffron among small farmers in search of a cash crop, and among cooks and gardeners seeking ...

Saffron spice is made by collecting the stigmas, also called threads, of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), drying them, then grinding them into a powder. There are three stigmas in each flower ...

Rumi Spice Rumi Spice co-founder Keith Alaniz with Afghan crocus farmers Their company, Rumi Spice, buys saffron crocuses from local growers and employs 380 Afghan women to do the painstaking work ...

Egg salad is a lunch time favorite, but the classic recipe can be a bit boring. You can easily spice it up with one flowery ...

Narrator: Saffron comes from the saffron crocus flower. And each flower has three red stigmas — that's the saffron. Ghalehgolabbehbahani: The yield of saffron is really low. You have to hire a ...

As well as a spectacular location, Pampore is India's centre for saffron - a spice so valuable that it is sometimes called red gold. Derived from the crocus plant, saffron fetches around $1,500 ...

Among these is Saffron, an essence extracted from the Crocus sativus flower that has been an integral part of traditional medicine for generations. This natural solution is used to manage an array ...

Saffron, a spice derived from the Crocus sativus flower indigenous to Southwest Asia, has been an essential ingredient in our cooking and traditional medicines for centuries. It is celebrated for ...

Bulb-like corms, at top, produce saffron crocuses. Each purple flower contains three red stigmas, which are dried and cured to make saffron.Credit...Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times ...

So just what makes this spice so expensive? Saffron is the red stigma of the Crocus sativus. Each crocus has three small stigmas that have to be picked carefully by hand. This minuscule harvest ...