Wild Foods

Loquat Cocktail

Drinks, Wild FoodsApril 27, 20202Views 0Likes 0Comments

The loquat trees are growing in my part of Austin, which is rather exciting because I haven't seen them fruit in a while. The thing about loquats is that you need to pick them in that pivotal moment before they drop but after they have sweetened enough. Pick them too early, and they have a…

Three Basic Medicinal Tea Blends

Drinks, Food + Drink, Spring, Summer, Videos, Wild FoodsApril 5, 20190Views 0Likes 0Comments

In this video I’m going to show you how to brew three of my favorite medicinal teas. Chamomile, Eucalyptus and Rose petal. Remember if you like these videos to please be sure to subscribe to my channel. Do you ever make your own tea blends from nature? Let me know in the video comments…

Classic Raspberry Jam

Food + Drink, Sauces & Condiments, Summer, Wild FoodsAugust 23, 20180Views 0Likes 0Comments

When I was a child and well into my teenage years, I used to proclaim myself the wild raspberry queen, battling the birds every late July so that I'd have enough berries to make jam. Eventually my dad began growing domestic raspberry bushes as well as blueberry bushes so it became a berry wonderland at…

Wild Mint and Dark Chocolate Milkshake

Drinks, Food + Drink, Spring, Summer, Wild FoodsMay 7, 20180Views 0Likes 0Comments

I spend a lot of time thinking about the edibles in my back yard that I may have not yet discovered. It amazes me how much we have around us that we are not longer familiar with, and that it was only a generation or two ago that our grandparents could identify plants and make…

The Best Edible Flowers to Grow In Your Garden

Pioneer Skills, Wild FoodsMarch 27, 20180Views 0Likes 0Comments

A handful of edible flowers sprinkled over a summer salad is a sensory experience. Tossed into a cocktail, it elevates a summer evening. On a creamy panna cotta, it is pure magic. So don’t neglect to plant flowers in your garden this year—just make sure they are edible ones! Here are some beauties to consider,…

7 Edibles Right in Your Backyard

Pioneer Skills, Wild FoodsAugust 25, 20150Views 0Likes 1Comment

There is tremendous value in understanding our intimate relationship to the natural world, and in our hectic fast-paced lives, so many of us forget to stop and smell the rosemary. Here are nutritional benefits of 7 edibles that are right in your backyard, no trip to the grocery store needed! When you have had your fill of garden…

Dandelion Green Salad with Pancetta and Pistachios

Food + Drink, Soups & Salads, Summer, Wild FoodsAugust 15, 20140Views 0Likes 2Comments

I recently did an interview with the Austin American Statesman where I went foraging for some dandelion greens to make this delicious salad from my latest book, Modern Pioneering . I called it "hood lunch," since it was lunch truly derived from my lovely hood in East Austin. Check out my recipe! Dandelion greens are full…

Grilled Wild Salmon with Apricot Mustard

Cooking, Food, Main Courses, Spring, Summer, Wild FoodsApril 21, 20130Views 0Likes 28Comments

Update! And the winner is... Pierre Desjardins: "There is a moment in early May, about two days where, for the first time the air is warm, sunlight bathes the delicate young green leaves…the first sidewalk cafés are open, walking leasurly and all the people look young and happy. Greatest time of all the spring season…love it!" Congrats…

Redfish Courtbouillon

Cooking, Fall, Food, Food + Drink, Summer, Wild FoodsSeptember 10, 20120Views 0Likes 7Comments

A few weeks ago in Arkansas, my friend Paul Michael made a dish he makes regularly whenever someone has caught a nice redfish or bass. They all call it "coo-bee-on" and so I just assumed it was another one of their local regional dishes that this Yankee was unfamiliar with. And then I saw…

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