Rose hip syrup is made from rose hips, which are the fruits of roses. (I know, I know, most people don’t think of roses as having fruits, but they do!) The syrup is lovely to look at, and full of vitamin C. Rose hips are a firm fruit, so it takes a little coaxing to get the juices out. The…
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Queen Anne’s Lace Jelly: Recipe
For years I disdained making Queen Anne’s Lace jelly, believing it to be merely sweet, without distinctive flavor. I’d heard lackluster reviews from fellow foragers, but this year I decided to see for myself and boy am I glad I did. Because Queen Anne’s Lace jelly has a lovely flavor: fruity, not too sweet…it kind of reminds me of juicy…
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Happy Birthday Leda: A Wildcrafted Wineberry Cocktail Recipe
Wineberry season happens to coincide with the birthday of a very dear friend, so I named this wildcrafted cocktail after her. It combines the vivid beauty and flavor of wineberries (fresh or frozen) with the more delicate color and taste of elderflowers. Finish it off with your favorite clear spirit. Mine is The Botanist Gin.
Wineberries, aka Rubus phoenicolasius
Why don’t more people know about wineberries? Everyone recognizes raspberries, and most people know a black raspberry when they see one, but tell someone you harvest wineberries and you get a blank stare. Like its more famous cousins, the wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) is a bramble berry. It ripens slightly later than raspberries and black raspberries. Where I forage, it bridges…
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The Cocktail Hour: Foraged & Farmed
If you’re going to be on the Cape at the end of this month, consider joining me and C.L. Fornari for a special cocktail garden event on Sunday, August 27th. Want to know more? Download a printable pdf here.