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Edible Wild Plants

Recipes and harvesting guides for a variety of edible wild plants and mushrooms. You'll find step by step guides on how to gather edible wild plants safely, and then recipes on how to cook them once you've gathered them.

These are broken into sections covering edible wild greens, berries and other fruit, wild mushrooms, starches and nuts, as well as a selection of pickle recipes using wild plants.

Common amaranth growing in the garden.

Growing and Cooking Amaranth Greens

By Hank Shaw on May 23, 2022 - 8 Comments

Amaranth greens, a/k/a pigweed, are some of the most nutritious leafy greens you can eat. Here’s how to harvest and cook them.

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A bowl of polenta with mushroom ragu, with dried mushrooms alongside.

Polenta with Mushroom Ragu

By Hank Shaw on May 12, 2022 - 7 Comments

A classic Italian mushroom ragu, made with a variety of mushrooms, wild or cultivated. Serve this with polenta or pasta.

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German jagerschnitzel served with a mushroom sauce, on a rustic plate.

German Jägerschnitzel 

By Hank Shaw on March 23, 2022, Updated May 4, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Jägerschnitzel is one of Germany’s best known dishes. Also spelled jaegerschnitzel, it means “hunter’s cutlets,” meat pounded thin and served with a mushroom sauce. Easy to make, and a great way to celebrate a successful hunt. Back in the 1800s, jägerschnitzel was originally made with venison or wild boar loin, pounded thin. It is now normally made

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A bowl of nettle risotto.

Nettle Risotto

By Hank Shaw on March 9, 2022, Updated April 18, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Stinging nettle risotto rocks. It is the essence of “green,” and is super healthy, too. What’s more, blanched nettles will keep their emerald loveliness even after a good 15 minutes of cooking, which makes a nettle risotto visually stunning. The dish itself is pretty simple: Risotto rice, cooked nettles, butter, shallot, garlic, a little pecorino

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A jar with alcohol and elderberries for elderberry liqueur.

Elderberry Liqueur

By Hank Shaw on January 5, 2022, Updated April 19, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Instructions on how to make elderberry liqueur from fresh elderberries; this recipe keeps the berries whole, which makes a clean liqueur.

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A platter of roasted mushrooms with garlic.

Roasted Mushrooms with Garlic

By Hank Shaw on November 11, 2021, Updated May 23, 2022 - 12 Comments

This is a simple roasted mushroom recipe that works with any meaty mushroom, from porcini to shiitake to regular button mushrooms.

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Pheasant with mushrooms, cream and greens in a pot.

Pheasant with Mushrooms and Cream

By Hank Shaw on November 3, 2021, Updated May 26, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Pheasant with mushrooms is a perfect combination of fall flavors, is easy to make and comes together in less than an hour. This is a homey recipe that brings together the classic combination of mushrooms, brandy, cream and chicken — only I use pheasant breasts here. Grouse, quail, partridge, rabbit or chicken also work. I

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A bowl of puerco con verdolagas, pork with purslane

Braised Pork with Purslane

By Hank Shaw on July 15, 2021 - Leave a Comment

Mexican pork with purslane, carne de puerco con verdolagas, is a common dish all over northern Mexico, and is a great way to eat this edible weed.

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Hi, my name is Hank Shaw. I am a James Beard Award-winning author and chef and I focus my energies on wild foods: Foraging, fishing, hunting. I write cookbooks as well as this website, have a website dedicated to the intersection of food and nature, and do a podcast, too. If it’s wild game, fish, or edible wild plants and mushrooms, you’ll find it here. Hope you enjoy the site!

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