“You don’t have to go somewhere really far away,” says Li, “to see interesting plants.”
Tag: foraging
Wildlife
Hike, Forage, Read: Nature Ideas for Thanksgiving Week
Some ways to commune with nature this Thanksgiving week, whether outside or from a comfy chair.
Science and Nature
The Amanitas Are Blooming. Don’t Eat Them.
Death caps and Western destroying angels, both common in the Bay Area, thrive after rainfall, the East Bay park district warns.
Fall Issue 2023
A Better Way to Forage Matsutake Mushrooms
“Xayviish has far more personality than any grocery-store mushroom,” writes Sara Calvosa Olson, a Karuk tribal member. “It’s a meaty but delicate time machine, whisking your spirit back to your gathering place.”
Science and Nature
How to Make Acorn Bread from Scratch (and Decolonize Your Diet a Bit)
A Karuk food writer’s step-by-step guide to making use of our fall bounty of acorns.
Botany
Learning to Love Dandelions
It’s the epitome of the unwanted weed — but there are reasons to choose to want dandelions.
Botany
Traditional and Modern Methods of Acorn Preparation
Bay Area oaks are prolific, but acorn use has diminished within the last 200 years. With the help of modern kitchenware you can rediscover the art of acorn preparation and its rich history grounded in Native American traditions.
Farming and Ranching
In search of an elusive, yummy California native
Early fall is California huckleberry season, and the picking is good — if you know where to look and can brave the dangers of a huckleberry forest.
History, Urban Nature
Berkeley as edible city: A new guide to urban foraging
The Bucharest native says that right now there is a great variety of trees and shrubs growing in Berkeley, and even some “bottled water” crops like lemons and rosemary that you should never, ever, buy at the store. They are so plentiful, it simply makes no sense. Ionescu-Zanetti create Edible Cities, a crowd-sourced site that maps food for foraging.
Spring Issue 2012
Foraging 101
Want to forage in a local park? Chances are it’s not allowed, but some parks do allow limited gathering of edible berries and mushrooms. In January 2012, we gathered up the rules from a couple of dozen agencies. But caveat emptor: they may have changed since then.
