Guide: How to eat your Christmas tree (and other conifers) w/ recipes
Your Christmas tree is edible? Find out how to eat your Christmas tree (and other edible conifers), from safe identification to recipes.
Lion’s mane mushrooms: how to grow, forage & eat (w/ crab cake recipe!)
Lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) mushrooms are gorgeous gourmet & medicinal mushrooms that taste like crab meat and have scientifically-proven brain-boosting effects. Find out how to forage, grow, and cook them!
Recipe: Acorn flour crepes (sweet or savory)
A delicious and versatile acorn flour crepe recipe made with cold or hot-leached acorn flour. Gluten-free and can be made into sweet or savory crepes.
Recipe: Persimmon oatmeal bars (with American or Asian persimmons)
A delicious recipe made from American or Asian persimmons. Persimmon oatmeal bars are a perfect meal before a hike or foraging adventure!
Hot-brewed yaupon holly & roasted acorn flour – better than coffee?
Find out how to make a delicious, highly caffeinated coffee alternative from plants native to North America (yaupon holly and oaks/acorn flour)!
Recipe: Acorn flour & American persimmon cookies (gluten free)
Find out how to make a healthy, seasonal forest-to-table dessert from acorn flour, American persimmons, and maple syrup!
Recipe: Chestnut flour crepes with beautyberry whipped cream
You’ll love chestnut flour crepes with beautyberry whipped cream, a delicious gluten-free recipe combining two unique seasonal ingredients.
Recipe: Pan-roasted eggplant, pine nuts & feta with pomegranate syrup
A simple yet delicious Mediterranean-inspired eggplant dish that only takes 30 minutes to cook. The perfect way to use up lots of extra eggplants!
Recipe: kousa dogwood pudding cake
Find out how to turn your kousa dogwood fruit into a gooey and delicious pudding cake with this unique seasonal recipe!
Recipe: Fermented chicha morada (aka chicha Tyrana)
Find out how to make our fermented spin on chicha morada, a traditional Peruvian beverage made from purple/black maize, fruit, and spices.
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!
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: Golden raspberry, elderflower, and honey fermented cordial
Find out how to make a sparkling, probiotic cordial from golden raspberries (or red), elderflowers, and honey. This is one of the best flavor combinations you’ll ever experience!
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!