If you’re someone who likes a perfectly groomed garden, I’m going to save you some time: stop reading. But if…
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Foraging
Black Raspberry Clafouti Recipe
I first ate clafouti on vacation in France, in the middle of cherry season. Everywhere we went, cherry clafouti was…
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Black Raspberries are NOT the same as Blackberries!
Did you know that black raspberries and blackberries are entirely different fruits? Both are cane fruits, producing berries on thorny,…
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Delicious Deep Fried Milkweed Pods
You know how mothers aren’t supposed to have favorite children? (But we know they do, right, Mum?) Fortunately the same…
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Foraged Za’atar: A Savory Spice Blend
The word za’atar has two different culinary meanings. It’s the common name for Origanum syriacum, a plant native to the…
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Sumac Berries: a Necessary Spice
Every year, along about mid-summer, I get anxious. While farmers in the Midwest are worrying about their corn crop, I’m…
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