Why didn’t anybody tell me how much pain follows surgery? Here I’d pictured a scary hospital visit followed by a rosy home-bound ever-after in which I didn’t have to work and played with my toys, happy as a wounded clam. No so much. Visits to the bathroom on crutches have felt … [Read more...]
Wild black currant brandy
It’s wild booze month at Hunger & Thirst, so I have my friend Butter to thank for getting me into the liquor cabinet for a night of distraction from my many winter obligations. Fortunately, Gregg and I were good alcohol squirrels over the warmer months, storing wild … [Read more...]
A Fall for Pumpkin & Acorns Soup
Okay I’ll admit it. I’m rusty—rusty at cooking, rusty at foraging, rusty at writing about stuff that interests me. I swear I ignore the writing for a week and suddenly it’s three weeks and before I know it I’ve totally forgotten that I actually enjoy writing. The computer … [Read more...]
Wild Edible Notebook—November Release!
A teensy bit more than halfway through November I am once again honored to present the Wild Edible Notebook, my journal-style tale of select plants. This sixth issue centers on two blue-purple edibles, namely wild grapes and juniper "berries"—late fall forage to carry us over … [Read more...]
Foraging Unfamiliar Ground (for Radio)
As wild food foragers, we sometimes find ourselves on unfamiliar ground. A trip somewhere new can be both exciting and intimidating. What is there to forage here? This was the situation in which my co-foraging friend, Butterpoweredbike, and I found ourselves two weeks ago in … [Read more...]
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