I’ve done it, Igor! I’ve created a recipe to deal with that monster who’s been pounding down my door for one. Namely, my mom. My mom is a pennycress honey mustard-eating monster. My idea for field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) honey mustard was born first of an attempt to make … [Read more...]
Fall plant tour: Frisco, CO
Last week I led my first-ever edible plant ID hike, on North Tenmile Creek Trail in Frisco, Colorado. Here's a tour of the plants we found in case you'd like to look for them yourself. Wild Teas First is fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium, above). It is a native plant but it … [Read more...]
Is Rocky Mountain Porcini Season Over?
Since late July, my dear friend Butterpoweredbike has been emailing me about finding pounds upon pounds of porcini. Meanwhile, in the last month and a half, I moved to a new home and a new job while trying to finish up my old jobs, working 100 hours per week or more, ad … [Read more...]
Purslane chilaquiles
Chilaquiles are a favorite way to use leftover tortilla chips in my house, and the wild vegetable purslane (Portulaca oleracea), or "verdolagas" in Spanish, have long been used in Mexican cuisine to accent them. If you don’t know purslane already, you should. This garden weed … [Read more...]
Wild Edible Notebook—June Release!
And just when you thought it'd never arrive... The June 2012 Wild Edible Notebook is here! This edition centers on two plants—bluebells of the genus Mertensia followed by field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense), a plant that means much to me, though I'd written little about it … [Read more...]
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