Foraging
Feb 6th, 2012 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Foraging, Italian, Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi, Recipe
It’s nettle season here in Northern California, and as I am on a pasta jag lately, I thought I would make pasta dough with stinging nettles. Seemed like the right thing to do.
Tags: italian recipes, nettles, pasta recipes Posted in Foraging, Italian, Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi, Recipe |
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Feb 1st, 2012 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Foraging, Mushrooms, Recipe
When a passerby asked recently if I’d found any chanterelles, I casually told him no, even though my pack was full of them. Hiding your secret spots is all part of living off the wild.
Tags: chanterelles, essays, mushrooms, pasta recipes, squashes and pumpkins Posted in Foraging, Mushrooms, Recipe |
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Jan 17th, 2012 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Foraging, Italian, Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi, Recipe
Wapato, arrowhead, katniss, duck potato: Sagittaria is an aquatic tuber of American marshes said to be the equal of a potato. I have never found it. But a friend sent me some, so I got my first tantalizing taste.
Tags: italian recipes, pasta recipes, root vegetables, wild food Posted in Foraging, Italian, Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi, Recipe |
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Jan 8th, 2012 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Foraging, Mushrooms, Recipe
The winter mushrooms of California’s North Coast are popping in earnest: Hedgehogs, black trumpets, yellowfoot chanterelles and candy caps!
Tags: chanterelles, Foraging, mushrooms, wild food Posted in Foraging, Mushrooms, Recipe |
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Dec 31st, 2011 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Foraging, Recipe
Pine nuts from America’s Great Basin are among the best in the world. Combine them with some desert wildflower honey I bought in Arizona and you have one spectacular ice cream.
Tags: Foraging, ice cream, nuts, wild food Posted in Foraging, Recipe |
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Dec 24th, 2011 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Culinary Experiments, Foraging, Mushrooms
Amanita muscaria can be a hallucinatory mushroom, a possible symbol of Santa and his flying reindeer. But it also can be eaten safely, if you do it right. So I decided to take a Christmas trip down the rabbit hole…
Tags: mushrooms Posted in Culinary Experiments, Foraging, Mushrooms |
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Dec 21st, 2011 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Foraging, Italian, Mushrooms, Recipe
There’s nothing quite like a porcini hunt. The mushrooms are huge, meaty and can go for $30 a pound or more, so finding them is like striking gold. And boy did we find them last weekend!
Tags: Foraging, italian recipes, mushrooms, porcini, risotto, wild food Posted in Foraging, Italian, Mushrooms, Recipe |
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Dec 1st, 2011 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Asian, Foraging, Mushrooms, Recipe
Puffballs are basically the tofu of the mushroom world, so I normally avoid them. But when I found lots of little puffballs recently, I decided to make Sichuan ma po tofu, only with puffballs instead of tofu!
Tags: asian recipes, Chinese recipes, mushrooms Posted in Asian, Foraging, Mushrooms, Recipe |
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Nov 6th, 2011 |
By Hank Shaw |
Category: Foraging, Recipe
Black walnut season has started, and my favorite thing to do with these hard-to-crack nuts is make ice cream. My version gives you a double-dip of black walnut flavor.
Tags: desserts, ice cream, sweets, walnuts, wild food Posted in Foraging, Recipe |
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