i hope you eat good food, grow beautiful things, and have more love than you know what to do with.
Around now (March) is when mugwort is popping up in the garden which means it’s time to start weeding it. If I don’t, it inevitably becomes an unmanageable mess, and most people view it as a noxious and invasive weed. It is and it isn’t, …
Mugwort—just the name drives gardeners into a fearful frenzy because of how insanely invasive it is. From just a small root grows a dense, waist high perennial that covers the ground in a span of a season. It’s difficult to get rid of once established, …
My kids came in to give me the morning report–another flush of chicken of the woods had made its presence known on the lawn and so it was imperative that I harvested them before they got too tough. I made karaage style COTW a few …
I’m very sorry I didn’t discover the joy of yucca flowers until just a few days ago, when I went crabbing with a friend. She’s an avid forager and wild-to-table chef, so her knowledge of edible wild foods is extensive and impressive (if not sometimes …
Every year, several flushes of Chicken of the Woods pop up on my lawn, and this year is no different. So I endeavored to make Japanese fried chicken (Karaage) with the one I found earlier today. I always tend to collect it young, before it …
Disclaimer: I’m out of cooking sherry and white wine so Armagnac tagged in. As the growing and foraging season gets underway, I’m looking to clear stuff out from my fridge and pantry. A young chicken of the woods has been sitting in the freezer all …
This is a fun recipe that can be modified to your taste. Seafood dynamite is usually some sort of baked seafood dish with mayo, the creaminess of the mayonnaise making it a decadent treat. You can often find it in the appetizer section of a …
First, let me just say yes, chickweed (Stellaria media) tastes good—like if butter lettuce and alfalfa sprouts had a baby… but it’s a pain to harvest and harvest enough of it to justify making a salad. However, if you have nothing to do and are …
Here’s something that’s a little bit more on the “normal” spectrum in terms of food since I know some of my creations might be difficult for the average homesteader to find use for. I dehydrate hot peppers and powder them to save space, and this …
I had been craving ganjang gejang (Korean marinated raw crabs) and I could not, for the life of me, get my hands on ANY. I went to four of my local fishmongers and none of them had them, went to the Asian supermarket, none were …