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Eating chicory greens

May 17, 2016 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

The other day, after years frequenting the same rushing creek in southeast Denver, I finally figured out a way across. On the other side, I found chicory. Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a non-native plant that’s widely naturalized across the U.S. You probably know it from its … [Read more...]

edible, featured, non-native, plants, useful info chicory, cichoryum intybus, Denver, foraging, non-native

Elm samaras are edible, gourmet

May 5, 2016 Erica M. Davis 11 Comments

It took a funny long while for me to try elm samaras for the first time. They are the papery, light green, immature fruits that form on elm trees before they start leafing out. If you live in a region where large Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila) trees proliferate, the samaras are the … [Read more...]

edible, featured, spring Colorado, Eastern Slope, edible, elm, salad, samara, Ulmus, Western Slope

Everything You Need to Know about Colorado Acorns

October 27, 2015 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Workshop November 1 with 'Butter' of Hunger & Thirst On Sunday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Laughing Coyote Project will offer a hands-on class near Boulder that teaches participants how to process acorns into food. I caught up with the instructor, Wendy Petty (whom … [Read more...]

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Land caviar from kochia seeds

October 11, 2015 Erica M. Davis 10 Comments

I almost didn’t believe my first bite of wild-made tonburi—a preparation that involves boiling and soaking kochia seeds to make what is referred to as “land caviar.” The green and black seeds swell to a gelatinous texture with a shiny finish, and the mouth feel is the … [Read more...]

edible, fall, non-native edible, kochia, recipes, tonburi

Fruity sipping vinegars

September 15, 2015 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Berry season has been good this year in Colorado’s high country. I've been cooking down all manner of wild berries—black currants and gooseberries, Oregon grapes, and black elderberries from Denver-area landscaping—and straining out the juice through a makeshift setup of cut, … [Read more...]

edible, fall black currant, chokecherry, elderberry, gooseberry, Oregon grape, soda, vinegar

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Fall foraging

Oregon grape delight

Wild seed drink

Quickweed greens

The delicious ‘wild wonderberry’

Three pennycress mustard recipes

Land caviar from kochia seeds

Fruity sipping vinegars

Wild tarragon in the weeds

Sprouted goosefoot flour

Book reviews

Samuel Thayer’s ‘Incredible Wild Edibles’

Hank Shaw’s ‘Buck, Buck, Moose’

Katrina Blair’s ‘Wild Wisdom of Weeds’

Thomas Elpel’s ‘Foraging the Mountain West’

Dina Falconi’s ‘Foraging & Feasting’

Ellen Zachos’ ‘Backyard Foraging’

Rebecca Lerner’s ‘Dandelion Hunter’

John Kallas’ ‘Edible Wild Plants’

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