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Wilted Wild Greens with Lemon & Chive Flower

May 15, 2014 By 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...]

Filed Under: edible, featured, invasive, May Tagged With: Allium, buds, chives, Colorado, Denver, flowers, foraging, hoary cress, orache, recipes, whitetop, wilted greens

Wild spring salad

May 13, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

Just when I think I know everything there is to know about wild mustards, I find another one to eat. This time, I am excited about tumblemustard (Sisymbrium altissimum), which you might know better as tumbleweed, because at maturity when it dries out it detaches from its stem and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, May, spring, useful info Tagged With: Brassica, Denver, foraging, mustard, orache, recipes, salad, salsify, tumble mustard, wild lettuce

Orache is a wild favorite

May 4, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

One of my absolute favorite wild veggies is orache, an herbaceous, annual member of the genus Atriplex that grows in the alkaline soil of Denver, Colorado and surrounding areas. Oraches are salt-loving plants, so in addition to salt playas in landlocked regions, species can also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, featured, May, spring Tagged With: Colorado, Denver, foraging, orache, Wild Edible Notebook

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Spring foraging

Elm samaras are edible, gourmet

Spring into wintercress

Fun with wild waterleaf

Don’t forget the tumblemustard

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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