The May flowers have arrived, and with them, another edition of the Wild Edible Notebook! This issue includes a spring foraging report for California's Eastern Sierra based on a recent foray Gregg and I undertook in the Mammoth Lakes region, though most of the plants featured … [Read more...]
Fall plant tour: Frisco, CO
Last week I led my first-ever edible plant ID hike, on North Tenmile Creek Trail in Frisco, Colorado. Here's a tour of the plants we found in case you'd like to look for them yourself. Wild Teas First is fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium, above). It is a native plant but it … [Read more...]
Wild black currant brandy
It’s wild booze month at Hunger & Thirst, so I have my friend Butter to thank for getting me into the liquor cabinet for a night of distraction from my many winter obligations. Fortunately, Gregg and I were good alcohol squirrels over the warmer months, storing wild … [Read more...]
Jellies and Jams, My Currant Obsession
Suddenly, out of nowhere, I absolutely love making jellies and jams! Mind you, this is a complete about-face from how I felt about them yesterday, especially after Gregg read aloud the brochure that came inside the box of MCP pectin and it said we had to “Measure ingredients … [Read more...]
