Recipe: American groundnut and maitake mushroom chowder
American groundnut tubers and maitake mushrooms combine into one delectable chowder recipe. Want to find out how to make your own?
Christmas tree sugar cookies (made with conifer needles)
Take your holiday sugar cookies to the next level with this Christmas tree sugar cookie recipe. Flavored with edible conifer needles, they taste as good as Christmas trees smell!
Christmas tree cured egg yolks (made w/ conifer needles)
Find out how to make Christmas tree cured egg yolks with edible conifer needles, a beautiful, umami flavoring for sweet & savory dishes alike.
Recipe: Christmas tree crème brûlée (made w/ conifer needles)
Find out how to turn the needles from your Christmas tree (or any edible conifer tree) into a unique and delicious treat: Christmas tree crème brûlée! It tastes like Christmas in a spoon.
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: 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!