Monday, April 27, 2020

Spring Shoots, Mushrooms, and Greens-Dinnertime!

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Spring is coming along slowly this year, it has been chilly and damp, plenty of April Showers. A few treks into our local woods yielded som...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Dandelion Root Pudding Recipe

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Wintertime is a good time for us to go over our stores of wild food from the previous seasons and use them in some dishes and recipes. ...
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Friday, June 28, 2019

Mulberry Marzipane and Mulberry Agar jewels

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Mulberries are falling and staining the sidewalks around town, and you can hear the flocks of birds among the branches. Mulberry picking...
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Thursday, June 6, 2019

Wild Mushrooms for Dinner: Spicy Chicken (Mushroom) Patties on Steamed Buns

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When we teach edible mushroom classes, we praise the chicken mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus, L. cincinnatus) as a very good edible mush...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Mix old with new--Spring ramps with Autumn maitake!

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Maitake burgers on ramps biscuits, made with the greens only In spring, we need to start emptying out the freezer of last season's...
Thursday, May 9, 2019

Connecticut Morels

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The "official" morel season seems to be underway in Connecticut and southern New England, even though we still don't find ...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Hemlock "Reishi", Ganoderma tsugae, Varnish Shelf Mushroom--Eat it young!

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Fully grown Ganoderma tsugae on hemlock trees Some warmer weather is finally signalling the Ganoderma tsugae to fruit. We find them o...