Buddha’s hand citron candy (the original!)
Buddha’s hand citron candy: turn one of the most interesting fruits you’ll ever see into one of the most delicious candies you’ll ever taste!
How to grow American groundnuts in your garden + recipes!
Find out how to grow American groundnuts and use them in your kitchen. This medicinal native root crop was beloved by Native Americans and helped save early European colonists from starvation.
Recipe: Sugar-free persimmon cranberry relish
A delicious chunky sugar-free cranberry relish featuring persimmons, fresh citrus (preferably kumquats), maple syrup, red wine, and spices. The perfect holiday dish!
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: American persimmon seed tea (yes, persimmon seeds are edible!)
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.
Recipe: Chestnut breakfast porridge with pan-roasted Japanese persimmons
Chestnut breakfast porridge is one of the simplest recipes you’ll ever make — only two ingredients! Find out how to make this naturally sweetened porridge (no sugar added) and how to dress it up with fall-fruiting Japanese persimmons & nutmeg.
Recipe: Guava butter
This guava butter recipe makes a tropical-flavored sweet and savory spread you can eat as-is or use to amp up other dishes. Put guava butter on yogurt, milk kefir, oatmeal, toast, grilled meats, or other well-paired dishes.
Maitake mushroom soup recipe (based on Thai tom kha gai)
A maitake mushroom soup recipe inspired by Thailand’s famous tom kha gai soup; featuring lemongrass, limes, and coconut milk.
Lion’s mane mushroom chowder
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.
American persimmon pie w/ chestnut flour crust & maple whipped cream
This American persimmon pie recipe (aka “Tyrant’s Tree Pie”) is made with a chestnut flour crust and served with maple whipped cream. Three trees in one pie!
Lion’s mane mushroom soup with broccoli and potatoes
Lion’s mane mushrooms are a gourmet and medicinal mushroom with proven brain-boosting benefits. Here’s a simple, delicious lion’s mane soup recipe you can make with fresh or dehydrated lion’s mane mushrooms.
Growing Malabar spinach, plus recipe: African groundnut stew (maafe)
Malabar spinach is a vining, heat-loving green that produces huge quantities of edible leaves. Use it to make our delicious African groundnut stew recipe!
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.
Recipe: Cast iron corn on the cob with lacto-fermented fruit rub
Find out how to make cast iron corn on the cob on your stovetop! And if you want to take it up a notch, use lacto-fermented fruit rubs before serving.
How to make lacto-fermented fruit, with recipes
Find out how to make lacto-fermented fruit, a secret ingredient used by the world’s top restaurants and chefs. Plus, get our lacto peach with basil & honey recipe!