Ramp "Kimchee"
If you have been a regular reader of my blog, you know that every spring i write a post or flood social media with praises of ramps...
MY WHOLE HOG
I grew up gardening and cooking - in the city. Over the past few years I've come to realize that my family's way of life was vastly different than most: raising rabbits for meat, putting up the harvest, baking bread every week. I think these are lost arts. This blog is an attempt to document this way and to help others to achieve it in a modern world.
Snout-to-tail living
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Finally Spring! (and a recipe for foraged onions & garlic)
Finally, the snow is finished (although it is still April in Chicagoland, so don't hold your breath) and the soil is warming, but it is...
Surprise Mushroom Forage
Sometimes you don't look for mushrooms, but the mushrooms find you. I've mentioned on how this has been a wonderful fall season for...
Hen-Of-The-Woods Mushrooms and Wild Mushroom Stroganoff
My last few weeks, and the weeks to come are going to be all about wild mushrooms. We are having a perfect fall for the cooler-weather...
Pear-Shaped Puffball Mushrooms (Lycoperdon pyriforme)
Fall is one of my favorite times for foraging wild mushrooms. Not only is the weather pleasant, and many of the mosquitoes are gone, but...
On the Hunt for Wild Plums & Making Wild Plum Jam
It's finally a comfortable day in late August, and I thought it would be fun to take a little ride and do some foraging. Foraging by...
Dryad's Saddle Mushroom Duxelles
When out hunting for morel mushrooms in May, be on the look out for these tasty (and often over-looked) fungi. The Dryad's Saddle, or...