How to make your own filé powder (aka gumbo filé)
Filé powder is a history-rich spice and thickener made from the dried, green leaves of sassafras trees. Find out how to make your own filé powder and use it in the kitchen!
Recipe: Bicolor bolete mushroom pâté (or other savory mushrooms)
Bicolor boletes and other savory mushroom species offer rich, umami flavors & meat-like texture. Here’s how to turn them into mushroom pâté!
How to find, ID, and eat hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum spp.)
Learn how to find, identify, and eat hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum spp.), chanterelle lookalikes that may taste even better than chanterelles.
Beefsteak mushroom (Fistulina hepatica) – how to find, ID, and eat (w/ recipe)
How to find, identify & eat beefsteak mushrooms (Fistulina hepatica), a rare gourmet fungi with the color and consistency of red meat. Recipe: beefsteak mushroom tartare with toasted pine nut-coriander crumble.
Recipe: Black trumpet mushroom & smoked gouda soufflé
Black trumpet mushroom & smoked gouda soufflé is one of the best things you’ll ever eat. Find out how to make this forest-to-table treat!
Recipe: Orzo with chanterelles and Common milkweed
An orzo recipe featuring chanterelle mushrooms and the immature pods and leaves of Common milkweed. Sure to be a summer favorite for foragers!
Recipe: Native passion fruit-Meyer lemon sparkling cordial
Find out how to turn southeastern United States’ native passion fruit (Passiflora incarnata) into a delicious, lightly fermented, sparkling cordial.
Recipe: Black trumpet mushroom pasta, simple & delicious
A simple but incredibly delicious black trumpet mushroom pasta recipe. Made with eastern US Craterellus fallax or related species.
Cauliflower mushrooms: how to find, ID, and eat (with quiche recipe!)
Cauliflower mushrooms are easy-to-identify choice edible mushrooms that can be found around the world. Here’s how to find, identify, and eat them!
Introducing Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa), the edible dogwood
Asian Kousa dogwoods (Cornus kousa) are a beautiful tree that also produce a tasty edible fruit. This article details everything you need to know to grow, ID, and eat Kousa dogwood fruit!
Lactifluus corrugis and L. volemus: delicious wild mushrooms
Corrugated milk cap mushrooms (Lactifluus corrugis) and Bradley milk caps (Lactifluus volemus) are two closely related species of edible wild mushroom. Discover how to find and ID them!
Reishi mushrooms: How to find, ID, & use — with recipe!
Learn how to find, ID & use reishi mushrooms. Reishis have been used medicinally in Asian cultures for thousands of years, and grow wild in North America.
Bicolor bolete (Baorangia bicolor) – how to find, ID, and eat this wild gourmet mushroom
Bicolor boletes are one of our favorite summer mushrooms — and one of the few wild-foraged mushrooms we know of that pair well with red meat. Find out how to locate, identify, and use this summer delicacy!
Tradescantia virginiana – a native edible plant common in home landscapes
Tradescantia virginiana is a beautiful native plant often found in home landscapes. Every part of the plant is also edible – here’s how to eat it!
Plantain: a common edible weed that treats bee and other insect stings
Plantain is a common weed that’s likely growing in your yard. Find out how to ID, grow, and forage plantain — including which Plantago species offer the best culinary and medicinal potential.