A Way with Weeds

A Way with Weeds

Happy March, food & foraging friends! They’re heeeeeere… And by they, I don’t mean the beloved cherry blossoms that drives tourists to DC in droves this month (though I’ll tell you more about them in a minute), I mean the delectable spring...
Upcoming Events & Bug Play!

Upcoming Events & Bug Play!

Happy April, food & foraging friends! Yes, I’m a happy April fool, because it’s my birthday, and I get to spend it hunting for morels, nature’s precious gifts! But there’s a lot more to the season, and I can’t wait to share what...
Kitchen Fails, Japanese Knotweed and Foraged Food Deal

Kitchen Fails, Japanese Knotweed and Foraged Food Deal

Happy May, food & foraging friends! In the insect cooking class I took last month with Gastro Obscura, someone asked our chef instructor about some entomophagy fails, and he couldn’t really come up with any — maybe because he thought of every culinary...
Slovenian Travel Edition

Slovenian Travel Edition

Happy June, food & foraging friends! DC is an urban jungle right now, bursting with heat-loving edibles like purslane, chicory, and mallow, and I’m here for it (minus the mosquitoes)! I have lots of news and events to share (skip to the end for that) but I...
Sick Girl Edition!

Sick Girl Edition!

Happy July, food & foraging friends! I don’t know about you, but I’m not having the July I planned. Right after the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (which was fabulous – check out Chef Julian’s chanterelle dumplings with green plum...
The Maine Edition

The Maine Edition

Happy August, food & foraging friends! It has been another month on my sick bed, frankly, missing much beloved time in the woods. So I was elated to get to Maine this past week for a long-awaited trip to visit a friend on the island of Isleboro, population 583 as...