by staff | Jul 19, 2025 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy July, food & foraging friends! When I run into a familiar flower friend while on the road, it’s grounding. Yarrow was that friend on a trip to the Canadian Rockies this month, where I found this sweet little plant, with its lacy leaves and compact white...
by staff | Jun 15, 2025 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy June, food & foraging friends! Pura vida! I’m recently back from the magnificent cloud forests of Costa Rica. Pooping sloths, roaring howler monkeys, comical coatis, shimmering hummingbirds, sleeping snakes, and a big-billed toucan squeezing into a...
by staff | May 14, 2025 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy May, food & foraging friends! What’s more punk than the public library? Foraging. We foragers have that anti-consumer, non-conformist thing down. We are often contrarian and like to question, if not break, the rules of life. Which is why I love me...
by staff | Apr 14, 2025 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy April, food & foraging friends! Yes, I’m a happy April, because tomorrow’s my birthday! Sometimes life gives you ramps; sometimes it gives you onion grass. I was supposed to go ramp hunting with a friend this weekend, but ended up being one of a...
by staff | Mar 28, 2025 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy March, food & foraging friends! It’s March madness, I tell you. Fighting bad juju on every front, including a one-two punch of a cold and the flu. Time to tincture more echinacea! “Is it really safe to forage in the city?” is one of the...
by staff | Feb 26, 2025 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy February, food & foraging friends! Normally I would talk about wild foods encountered on a trip, but to cover my Japan journey, I’ll instead talk about five farmed ingredients in traditional Japanese dishes that you can find growing wild right in DC. I...
