Caper: the flower you eat before it blooms! A key ingredient of Mediterannean dishes, the pickled flower buds of the caper bush (Capparis spinosa) are an antioxidant powerhouse, contain essential minerals such as copper and are a good source of vitamin K among other benefits. Before eating them from a jar, you only need to soak them for a few minutes in cold water to remove the excess salt. If...Caper: the flower you eat before it blooms! A key ingredient of Mediterannean dishes, the pickled flower buds of the caper bush (Capparis spinosa) are an antioxidant powerhouse, contain essential minerals such as copper and are a good source of vitamin K among other benefits. Before eating them from a jar, you only need to soak them for a few minutes in cold water to remove the excess salt. If you wonder why a small jar is so expensive, try picking them one by one, while avoiding the thorns! This post is dedicated to the late Nikki Rose, a culinary tourism and agri-ecotourism pioneer and Chef, who passed away a year ago while guiding students on one of her wonderful educational tours in Crete. Nikki used the caper flower as a profile photo... Show more