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Rebecca Lerner’s ‘Dandelion Hunter’

April 9, 2013 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

There’s a young woman who hunts dandelions and sundry other edible and medicinal wild plants out of an apartment in Portland, Oregon, relishing reconnecting with nature after a several-years-long stint sequestered indoors, surrounded by a plantless outdoors, working for a New … [Read more...]

books, edible, medicinal authors, creative nonfiction, foraging, Oregon, Portland, Rebecca Lerner, urban foraging

Pumpkin, nettles and beer, oh my!

April 3, 2013 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

I’ve had a request so I hereby present two squash nettle soups, both made with ingredients that are out of season here at 10,000 feet in the Colorado high country. The first—a pumpkin, nettle, and beer soup—I made in November after receiving the gift of a pumpkin on our … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, Denver, foraging, Rocky Mountains, stinging nettles, urban foraging

Pennycress honey mustard

October 7, 2012 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

I’ve done it, Igor! I’ve created a recipe to deal with that monster who’s been pounding down my door for one. Namely, my mom. My mom is a pennycress honey mustard-eating monster. My idea for field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) honey mustard was born first of an attempt to make … [Read more...]

edible, fall, high altitude, recipes Colorado, foraging, pennycress, recipes, Rocky Mountains, urban foraging

Eating yucca flowers

May 28, 2012 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

On Memorial Day last year we were still snowboarding at A-Basin, the snow drifts in the backyard were up to the life-sized metal deer’s neck, and the yuccas down Denver-way waited until late June to bloom. This year, the snow is gone except for a handful of high elevation chutes … [Read more...]

edible, May, spring Colorado, Denver, foraging, recipes, Rocky Mountains, urban foraging, yucca

Wild shopping spree: Denver

April 7, 2012 Erica M. Davis 7 Comments

Try as I might to remember, I almost always forget my shopping bags when I go to the grocery store. I rarely forget them, however, when I go into the wild. It’s a good thing too, because Friday’s foray among the wild former farmlands of Denver’s outskirts was a shopping trip … [Read more...]

edible, spring cattail, Colorado, Denver, dock, foraging, mushroom, musk mustard, nettles, oyster mushroom, thistle, urban foraging

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