Enjoy a cup of hot tea from a wild plant

Wild food is free food, so take advantage of its availability and healthy flavors, even now during frigid temperatures. A comforting cup of hot tea made from fresh pine needles may be the soothing tonic your raspy throat needs. "Wild plants haven't been tampered with genetically," says Vickie Shufer, 58, an expert in wild edibles in Virginia Beach, Va. "Wild food is not just food, it's also food ...