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Northeast Seaweed Farming & Foraging: A Chat with Charles Yarish

November 7, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 8 Comments

If you’re planning to make blancmange—a traditional milk pudding thickened with Irish moss seaweed—don’t forget a splash of brandy, says Dr. Charles Yarish, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut (UConn). “The French always add a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, Wild Edible Notebook Tagged With: east coast, gracilaria, seaweed, sugar kelp

Seaweeding the Eastern Shoreline

October 10, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 5 Comments

My parents shot me quizzical looks last summer when I announced my plan to gather seaweed in Long Island Sound, off the Connecticut coast. Not only would I collect, but also dry the seaweed at their house so I could take it back to Colorado with me for cooking experiments. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, featured, invasive, medicinal, useful info, Wild Edible Notebook Tagged With: Connecticut, east coast, foraging, irish moss, kelp, Maine, non-native, recipes, rockweed, sea lettuce, seaweed, sugar kelp, Wild Edible Notebook

Lamb’s quarters pesto

August 11, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

The other day we tore ourselves away from our computers and headed out into the forest in the fading light to sneak in a brisk walk before bed. I have mushrooms on the brain, always, these days, so I was hoping to find some. Our neighborhood at 10,000 feet on the mountainside … [Read more...]

Filed Under: recipes, summer Tagged With: Dina Falconi, east coast, goosefoot, lamb's quarters, lambsquarters, pesto, recipes, Rocky Mountains, weeds, wild spinach

Ellen Zachos’ ‘Backyard Foraging’

August 4, 2014 By Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Did you know that hosta—the large-leaved and oft variegated landscaping plant that the deer love so much—is edible? I had no idea until I picked up Ellen Zachos’ book, Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat (Storey Publishing, 2013). Go figure. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: authors, east coast, Ellen Zachos, foraging, hosta, New York, ornamentals, recipes, Wild Edible Notebook

Leaves of three, strawberry!

July 16, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

I bolted upright at 2 a.m., awakened by loud, forceful hail pounding down on the roof. It was June 28, just a week into summer. I got up and walked across the dark living room to peek out the sliding glass doors. Despite the cold, hard nature of those icy pellets, the hail meant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, high altitude, summer, useful info, Wild Edible Notebook Tagged With: berries, Colorado, east coast, false strawberry, foraging, maceration, recipes, Rocky Mountains, strawberries, wild strawberry

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Spring foraging

Elm samaras are edible, gourmet

Spring into wintercress

Fun with wild waterleaf

Don’t forget the tumble mustard

Wild spring salad

Orache is a wild favorite

Cattail heart & tomato salads

Whitetop mustard bud clusters

Spring plant tour: Frisco, Colorado

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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