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...
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...
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...
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...
Fun with Fermentation & Old Men

Fun with Fermentation & Old Men

Happy February, food & foraging friends! Is it spring yet? Patience is not my strong suit, so the stretch between fall hens and spring morels can seem unendurable indeed. Having culinary experiments makes the time go a little faster, though, and this winter...
Slim Pickins edition

Slim Pickins edition

Happy New Year, food & foraging friends! January can feel like a letdown after the holiday hoopla – especially for hungry foragers left with little but pictures of their prized finds from the year prior. It can still be a fun time for fungi, and fun guys and...