I recently traveled to Vietnam, where I made it my mission to find edible wild plants in three places—the wild, the markets, and the cuisine. I was struck by how important wild foods are to the Vietnamese people; they use them much more and as a regular part of their food culture … [Read more...]
New Podcast: WFG on Year of Plenty
Hello foragers! Ever wondered how to tell if ground cherries are ripe, which tumbleweeds you can eat, or whether a whortleberry counts as a huckleberry? I had the chance to dive into these questions and more on the Year of Plenty podcast with host Poldi Wieland. It was a fun, … [Read more...]
My Facebook page is back–please follow it!
What happened to Wild Food Girl? On July 3, 2025 I fell victim to a sophisticated hack that gutted my Facebook page. It took several weeks working with Facebook to restore it. Now the page is back, but I went from 104K followers to 396. Could you help me bring it back to … [Read more...]
Tumbleweed Two Ways
Do prickly tumbleweeds pile on your house or nearby fence lines? If so, dinner may be close by. Before the spines firm up, you can boil the green shoots and tender branch tips of the developing plants for a mild, spinach-like green. Our prickly tumbleweeds belong to plants … [Read more...]
Biscuitroots Rediscovered
Across the West’s windswept prairies and desert foothills is a group of wild foods that make a brief appearance in early spring before vanishing from the landscape. These native plants have been staples for generations of Indigenous peoples across the prairies, desert Southwest, … [Read more...]
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