Taraxacum officinale and is derived from the word "opificina", later "officina", meaning a workshop or pharmacy. The flowers are used to make dandelion wine, the greens are used in salads, the roots have been used to make a coffee substitute (when baked and ground into powder) and the plant was used by Native Americans as a food and medicine. Dandelions are harvested from the wild or grown on a small scale as a leaf vegetable. The leaves (called dandelion greens) can be eaten cooked or raw in various forms, such as in soup or salad. They are probably closest in character to
Like Dandelion Dust "'Like Dandelion Dust' is a well-acted, earnest film about adoptive parents' worst nightmare, dealing sympathetically with all parties in a lose-lose situation." Neil Genzlinger of "The New York Times" praised the film and said, "There's no denying that the acting in "Like Dandelion Dust", an adoption drama directed by Jon Gunn from a novel by Karen Kingsbury, is superb." Deauville Film Festival "2009 Won "Première" Award Feature Film:" Bobby Downes Heartland Film Festival "2009 Won Audience Award Best Dramatic Feature:" Bobby Downes, Kevin Downes, Kerry David, Jon Gunn Las Vegas International Film Festival "2009 Won Grand Jury Prize Best Feature:"