Tendrils that help the vines climb are forked and arise from the stems opposite from the leaves. Although aggressive, wild grape shouldn’t be confused with porcelain-berry (Ampelopsis ...

May through September the mystical blue and gold of the Lake Michigan coastline in northern Michigan provides a cook’s dream of ingredients — just for the picking. Along with morel ...

My Aunt Mary John would stop the car, we’d get out and pull the vine down and take the “gold” home. Leaves from that wild grape vine would be used the next day for dolmas, stuffed grape leaves.

This is likely to make more than 100 stuffed vine leaf rolls. If you have access to fresh grape vine leaves, start by removing the stalks carefully. Wash them with cold water, then blanch them in ...

Their viny, big-leaf foliage can all look similar ... Even the ripest wild grape is often tart off the vine, particularly the tough skin that slides easily off the ball of jelly in your mouth.

Stuffed grapevine leaves originated in Turkey during the ... usually Memorial Day to Father’s Day. Leaves from wild vines – according to my grandmothers – are more tender than those from ...

Stith: "Is Austin overrun with wild grapes ... aggressive vine, to 40 feet, with alternate, simple, heart-shaped to deeply lobed, green leaves, to five inches, concave, wooly below, with coarsely ...