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...
by staff | Jan 15, 2025 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy January, food & foraging friends! Last Sunday, hanging with the women’s improv group I play with, I excitedly shared that a reporter is covering my next evergreen workshop (more on that later). “Oh, there was just a bit on eating evergreens on...
by staff | Dec 19, 2024 | Foraging, Uncategorized
Happy December, food & foraging friends! Anytime I can combine foraging, furry friends and fine dining, you know I’m in. So when my Rome-dwelling grad school bestie suggested an Tuscan farmhouse stay with onsite truffle hunt and three-course meal, I was...
by staff | Jul 24, 2019 | Travel, Uncategorized
“You come one? Bravo! Bravissimo!” the old woman said when I checked into the Malyovitza lodge. I had traveled all day on Bulgaria’s winding country roads to reach this small resort town in the Rila mountains. Sofia, Bulgaria’s capitol city, is a...
