Seasonal foraging content to help you find, identify and safely use wild plants and fungi throughout the year.
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.
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!
An orzo recipe featuring chanterelle mushrooms and the immature pods and leaves of Common milkweed. Sure to be a summer favorite for foragers!
Trying to figure out how to find mistletoe to add some holiday cheer to your home? We’ll help you find mistletoe, but earning a kiss for your efforts is up to you…
Find out how to turn southeastern United States’ native passion fruit (Passiflora incarnata) into a delicious, lightly fermented, sparkling cordial.
American persimmon trees (Diospyros virginiana) are famed for their fall-ripening fruit, which are technically berries. However, the seeds also have culinary uses — with a few important caveats. In this article, you’ll find out how to use American persimmon seeds in the kitchen.
Lion’s mane mushroom chowder: a rich and savory chowder based on the classic New England clam chowder, but with forest food (mushrooms) instead of seafood.
A simple but incredibly delicious black trumpet mushroom pasta recipe. Made with eastern US Craterellus fallax or related species.
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!
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!
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!
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 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 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 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.
