Your dinner is still in the woods.
For most of us, I think gin brings England to mind. And it certainly does have a long history in England. But, as it turns out, gin has a much longer history than that. Apparently adding juniper berries to wine has been around since roughly 70 AD. This concoction was used as a medicine for […]
Garlic mustard was originally introduced in North America, like a number of other invasive exotics, as a food plant. It quickly took to this new environment and now can be found in good quantity all over the country. Unlike a lot of forageable greens, garlic mustard has tender, delicious leaves absent of the bitterness so […]
Cattails, as a foraging target, can be a bit tricky. They are really tempting, because every part of the plant is edible at some point in the growth cycle. They also grow in just about every pond. But, at least around the front range, they are rarely in a good spot to harvest. Cattails are […]
Right now you are likely asking yourself what on earth is hortopita? It looks a lot like spanakopita, so what’s the difference? Short answer: very little. The only difference is which greens you put in there. Hortopita is, like spanakopita, a pie made with greens, feta, and phyllo, the difference is that while spanakopita is […]