Foraging and Homemade Miso
My dad makes homemade miso. When I was a kid, I think he made miso once or twice, but since moving abroad with the family, he has made miso pretty regularly for a few years now. I have been asking and asking him to write me a post on miso making, but that hasn’t happened […]
My Latest Foraging and Frugal Escapades
Life has been pretty busy lately, doing lots of things, many of them money saving or money making (or both), but I have been so tired that I didn’t have the energy to post about them as they happened! So, here’s a rundown of some of my latest frugal escapades! I previously shared that in […]
An Exciting Foraging Trip Today
Today, last minute, I went into the city to forage, and I came home with such a great amount of stuff that it was exciting! The kids and I picked a large amount of capers. We already picked once already this season, but just filled one small jar, and since I love capers and I […]
Summer Foraging and Meeting the Other Expat Foragers in the Neighborhood
In the past, I felt foraging locally was predominantly a winter thing, to the extent that I didn’t even offer any foraging classes in the summer, only the winter. Then I started realizing that I could forage year round; I was lucky enough to live in a place where year round foraging is possible, and […]
Foraging and Gardening, and Combining the Two
On Friday, I taught a private foraging class to a teenager with Autism; it was his second foraging class |(in the space of two weeks) since he enjoyed the first one so much. My kids came along, and together, we found some awesome stuff! The first thing we found was some purslane, which is one […]
Crazy and Fun Kitchen Experimenting and Foraging
It all started with my new book that arrived in the mail- Pascal Bauder’s new book, The New Wildcrafted Cuisine, which I received as a review copy (the review will be coming soon, this post is just a little taste), and I’ve been devouring. The book makes you see the foods in the wild and […]
Fun Foraging With The Kids Today
Clockwise from upper right- mallow, wild mustard, cat’s ear, clover, sow thistle, and fennel Some friends were talking today about wild mustard, and, of course, talking about wild greens makes me want to have some as well, so the kids and I went out in search of wild mustard, and whatever other wild greens I […]
Amazing Foraging and Photographing Trip Today
Today I took the kids in to the city to photograph wild plants for the foraging book I’m writing. I actually planned the trip especially to photograph some dock (rumex) which I don’t often see, but decided to photograph any wild edible that may end up being in my book. I decided to share some […]
Foraging Sow Thistle- A Versatile Wild Edible
It’s the middle of the best season for foraging where I live. Rain falls and plants grow, greenery is everywhere and most of it near me is edible. I find that I can spend less money in the grocery store since the greenery is so abundant that I use it to replace a lot of […]
