Last month I spent a week on Islay, one of the Inner Hebrides islands off the west coast of Scotland….
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Foraging
The Dirty Lily Bud Martini (a foraged adult beverage)
What Makes a Dirty Martini Dirty? Rumor has it that the dirty martini was created at Yalta, when FDR, Churchill,…
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You’ll Never Starve if You Have Daylilies
Daylilies are wild food superstars, providing four different edible parts during the growing season. I’d be hard pressed to choose…
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How Much Do You Want those Unbuyable Flavors?
That’s me on the left, digging for lotus tubers with my feet in the Mississippi River. (photo by Mike Krebill)…
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Easy Asparagus and Mushroom Bread Pudding Recipe
I’m especially fond of recipes that let you use up lots of odds and ends from the refrigerator, and this…
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Oyster Mushrooms (aka Pleurotus ostreatus)
The oyster mushroom (aka Pleurotus ostreatus) is a perennial mushroom that grows in clumps on dead and dying wood. Not…
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