Recipe: Christmas tree butter – made with edible conifer needles
Find out how to make Christmas tree butter: a simple base recipe that can be used as-is or as an ingredient in a wide variety of other foods.
Christmas tree sugar (made with edible conifer needles)
Find out how to make Christmas tree sugar from edible conifer needles for use as a unique ingredient in a wide variety of foods & beverages.
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!
Recipe: Spring flower salad with hemlock tree bud-honey dressing
Spring is chock full of edible flowers, both in your garden and from the wild. Our spring flower salad with hemlock tree bud-honey dressing is a great way to enjoy them!
Beginner’s guide to making sauerkraut – with recipes!
Use our Beginner’s Guide to Making Sauerkraut to learn everything you need to know to make your own living, homemade sauerkraut from scratch!