The one nice thing about invasive, edible plant species is that there are more than enough specimens available for kitchen tests, and you don’t feel like you’re dishonoring nature’s gifts when something goes wrong. Like in my recent countertop honey infused with whitetop … [Read more...]
Rebecca Lerner’s ‘Dandelion Hunter’
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...]
Pumpkin, nettles and beer, oh my!
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...]
Pennycress honey mustard
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...]
Eating yucca flowers
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...]
