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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

Bent on pulverizing Short-stemmed Slippery Jack’s bad rap

March 7, 2013 Erica M. Davis 12 Comments

Lately I’ve been powdering my dried wild mushrooms, batch after batch and species after species, then attempting to use the powders in various kitchen concoctions. First were the porcini (Boletus edulis), from which I made a divine sauce, followed by not-so-bad hawks wings … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, slippery jack Colorado, Denver, flowers, foraging, mushroom, nettles, recipes, Rocky Mountains, short-stemmed slippery jacks, slipper jacks, Suillus brevipes, yucca

Sweet pickling succulents

July 14, 2011 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Succulents are juicy plants that store water in their leaves, stems, and roots, an adaptation which helps them survive in arid climates or soil conditions. Aloe, agave, sedums and purslane are some examples. Although “dry” is not a word I’d use to describe the high country … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, summer Colorado, flowers, foraging, pickles, recipes, Rocky Mountains, rosecrown, roseroot, sedum, stonecrop

Stalking the Wild Artichoke

July 8, 2011 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

One of the thistles from the backyard we ate.

Don’t get too excited. There isn’t a “wild artichoke” that I know of per se. But there is a pretty good substitute for it, if you don’t mind the risk of getting prickled and are willing to put in a bit of work to get at it. Weed Demolition Discovery A week and a half ago Gregg … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, flowers, foraging, Rocky Mountains, thistle

The Last of the Dandelions

July 7, 2011 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

Thick dandelion stalks ready for noodle-making.

The last of this batch, that is, in the refrigerator. And it’s not just dandelions, either; I’ve run out of my entire fresh bounty of wild edible plants, having spent my Fourth of July weekend embroiled in other pursuits—a tandem, costumed A-Basin snowboarding pond-skim with … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, dandelion, flowers, foraging, recipes, Rocky Mountains

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Summer foraging

Huckleberries, billberries, whortleberries, grouseberries

Quickweed greens

Eating nodding thistle stalks

Forgotten rhubarb of the Old West

Narrow dock in mushroom sauce

Wild tarragon in the weeds

A tale of four daisies

You’re my candytuft

Lamb’s quarters pesto

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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