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Wild Greens & Potato Pie with Kochia

May 24, 2014 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

I’m having wild greens and potato pie for breakfast again, as I have for the last two mornings. You wouldn’t think greens mixed into mashed potatoes in a pie crust would be all that exciting, but I am definitely smitten. The inspiration came from Ellen Zachos’ book, Backyard … [Read more...]

edible, invasive, May Colorado, Denver, foraging, hoary cress, kochi, mustard, non-native, recipes, Rocky Mountains, tumblemustard, whitetop

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

More Whitetop Kitchen Experiments

May 30, 2013 Erica M. Davis 4 Comments

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...]

edible, invasive Colorado, Denver, foraging, hoary cress, mustard, recipes, Rocky Mountains, urban foraging, whitetop

Whitetop mustard bud clusters

May 23, 2013 Erica M. Davis 8 Comments

I’d been meaning to try eating whitetop, aka hoary cress (Cardaria spp., Lepidium draba or related Lepidium sp.)—an invasive plant targeted for eradication in many parts of the West. It saddens me to see whitetop taking over entire fields; I always wonder what plants might grow … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, May, spring Colorado, foraging, hoary cres, invasive, recipes, Rocky Mountains, whitetop

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Fall foraging

Oregon grape delight

Wild seed drink

Quickweed greens

The delicious ‘wild wonderberry’

Three pennycress mustard recipes

Land caviar from kochia seeds

Fruity sipping vinegars

Wild tarragon in the weeds

Sprouted goosefoot flour

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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