Foraging
All About Lambsquarters, or Huauzontles
Lambsquarters are considered a weed but are really a fantastic edible green that probably lives in your yard right now.
Foraging
Lambsquarters are considered a weed but are really a fantastic edible green that probably lives in your yard right now.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
How to cook agretti, the Italian vegetable that also goes by monk's beard and is Salsola soda in Latin. Agretti is easy to grow, too.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
A recipe inspired by the plants I saw around me while pheasant hunting in western Kansas. Weirdly, those plants said Mexican food.
Foraging
Fireweed tea is a fermented, black tea like store-bought, only made from the leaves of fireweed, Chamaenerion angustifolium.
American Recipes
A damn good barbecue sauce featuring the fruit of the prickly pear, also called a tuna.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
Hunting prairie chickens in South Dakota, one of their few remaining strongholds, makes you think about how important it is to conserve this iconic bird.
Wild Game
What goes together in life goes together on the plate. Fried dove breasts served with a pilaf of wheat, corn and edamame soy beans - things doves eat.
Featured
A recipe for a juniper wild ale with pine needles that I call Junipine. It's a red ale fermented with the yeast on the juniper berries.
Italian
If you've never eaten a cardoon, think artichoke stalks, which is essentially what they are. Cardoons are a little work to prepare, but baked with Italian cheeses they are lovely.
Essays and Stories
I am finally home from book tour, finally able to return to doing what I do best: Working with wild foods.
Recipe
A perfect summer spritzer, elderflower champagne is fun to make and easy to drink. I walk you through how to make it, with lots of variations.
Foraging
Cholla buds are edible, believe it or not. Here's how to harvest, prepare, store and eat the buds from the cholla cactus, which live in the American Southwest.