ACorn Bread
When I cook with acorns, I prefer ways that accentuate what the acorn has to offer, as opposed to just throwing them into any old dish just because. This ACorn bread not only accentuates the buttery, rich flavor of the …
Category Archives: Foraging
Autumnberrykin
I’m a really big fan of closing loops. For that reason, I’m always thinking of how to most efficiently and frugally use all things, especially with food. I’ve always got my chickens to eat my scraps, the compost pile, or …
Autumnberry Fruit Leather
I’m a huge fan of fruit leather. I’ve spent hours mixing up different concoctions of fruits, herbs, spices, and drying them into thin, sticky, sweet sheets. It’s all good fun and one of my favorite ways to preserve food. But, …
Red Currant and Bee Balm Blossom Butter
A few years back, while at a wild food cooking class, I had the good fortune to take part in making a very beautiful and interesting butter with the flowers of Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa and M. didyma). After harvesting …
Cornmeal Crusted Bass with Moscato Red Currant Sauce
Probably one of the most delicious and abundant wild food sources out there is fish. Every few weeks, a good friend of mine takes me out to a private spot …
Wild Amaranth in Sesame Ginger Miso Sauce
Admittedly, wild amaranth aka pigweed, is on the top of my most favorite all-around wild greens. They mimic most similarly cultivated spinach (of which they’re a cousin) in texture, flavor and culinary application. This recipe was made with mostly wild amaranth …
Herby Cattail Quick Pickles
Cattail shoots are almost made for pickle—they’re crunchy, slightly cucumber flavored, and super tender and juicy. Following along with my newfound love for quick pickles, I decided to give this recipe a go. They’re herby, slightly spicy, and really nice …
Sweet & Sour Burdock Flower Stem Quick Pickles
This recipes capitalizes on the juicy, crunchy qualities of freshly peeled burdock flower stems, and their earthy flavors pairs really well with the elderberry syrup, if you’ve got any on hand. I was inspired to make it by the Japanese …
Burdock Flower Stems in Spicy Butter with Parmesan
While snacking on the tender, juicy, succulent flower stems of Burdock, I wondered, “What other vegetable does this taste a lot like?”. I didn’t really have an answer. Later on, I was doing some research on the harvest and came …
Cheesy Garlic Mustard Pesto Pasta with Crispy Dryad’s Saddle
This recipes draws on Lisa’s amazingly flavorful and fragrant Garlic Mustard Pesto. The garlic mustard pesto is super fragrant, complex, and dare I say, luscious. It gives basil pesto a run for its money…
Dryad’s Saddle is a really …