Most people think of flowers as the mere precursors to fruit, not to be celebrated except for their beauty and scent. Not true!
Elderflower Champagne Recipe
Spring is for elderflowers, and these blooms are good for a lot more than flower arrangements. As pretty as they are, the thing I like most about elderflowers is making elderflower champagne. The magic ingredient is the natural yeast in elderflower pollen. This allows for fermentation without adding packaged yeast.
Wild Greens Casserole Recipe
Spring is here (even though we’re expecting snow in Santa Fe this weekend!). Lots of wild greens are at their best right now, and it’s important to know what to do with them. This recipe is versatile and can be used with lots of different foraged greens. You’ll be using it for months to come.
All About Japanese Knotweed
Japanese knotweed (aka Fallopia japonica) is a prolific and aggressive weed, and most gardeners hate it with a white-hot, searing passion. Not me. I celebrate a good patch of Japanese knotweed. It grows in sun or shade, in roadside ditches, on steep embankments, in wet soils, back yards, city parks, and up through sidewalk cracks. In other words, it’s hard to…
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A Glass Full of Plum Blossoms
Two years ago I went to Denver to forage with my theretofore e-friend Butter Wilde. (I’m notorious for inviting myself to visit people, so beware.) On a rainy afternoon, we were distracted from our morel hunting by the scent of plum blossoms. It was so intense I knew it had to be captured in a cocktail.