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Snowboarding, Nettles, & Jerusalem Artichoke Bouyah

April 17, 2015 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

My friend’s husband tells tales of growing up in northern Wisconsin next to the Menominee Nation, where as a boy he played with the kids on the reservation. When they got hungry, they’d head to whichever family’s house was hosting that week’s “bouyah," a Midwestern tradition … [Read more...]

edible, featured, high altitude, invasive Allium, Boletus edulis, Canada thistle, Colorado, Denver, foraging, invasive, jerusalem artichoke, mushroom, onion, porcini, recipes, Rocky Mountains, stinging nettles, urban foraging

Wilted Wild Greens with Lemon & Chive Flower

May 15, 2014 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

A simple plate of wilted greens, kissed with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a dash of sweet wine—doesn’t that sound wonderful? I daresay this one came out just right, judged a winner not only by my taste buds but the better half’s astonished declaration: “These are gourmet,” he … [Read more...]

edible, featured, invasive, May Allium, buds, chives, Colorado, Denver, flowers, foraging, hoary cress, orache, recipes, whitetop, wilted greens

Wild Edible Picnic

April 25, 2014 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

The season’s change is upon us, even here at 10,000 feet in the Colorado high country. The snow has started to melt away, leaving the detritus of last year’s tourist season in its wake—the bottles and bits of paper and crumpled, dirty cloths and tons upon tons of dog leavings. … [Read more...]

edible Allium, Colorado, Denver, foraging, Monarda fistulosa, Queen Anne's lace, recipes, Rocky Mountains, wild asparagus, wild leek, wild onion, wild oregano

Creamy powdered wings and blood sauce

February 14, 2013 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

This next mushroom sauce is the stuff of deep, dark forests and shady places, featuring flavors so strong and wild as to cause disquiet to a delicate palate while satiating those of us who desire to delve so deep. For the second in my mushroom sauce series, then, I present … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Allium, Colorado, dock, foraging, garlic, hawk's wing, mushroom, recipes, Rocky Mountains, sauce, venison, 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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