Foraged Foods
Mongolian Mushroom Stir Fry
This Mongolian mushroom stir fry has nothing to do with the cuisine of Mongolia, but it is coated in the eponymous sweet and salty sauce!
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Foraged Foods
Asparagus and Spruce Tip Risotto
This asparagus and spruce tip risotto is the perfect vegetarian meal to make before springtime swings into summer!
Domestic
Bacon and Mushroom Lasagna
This bacon and mushroom lasagna was made with wild Agaricus bitorquis mushrooms, but could easily be made with white buttons or portobellos!
Fish
Springtime Pike Chowder
This springtime pike chowder makes use of spring-caught northern pike, fiddleheads, pheasant back mushrooms, and other spring treats!
Foraged Foods
Spruce Tip Marinated Goat Cheese
This spruce tip marinated goat cheese is an incredible way to use up some of your spring spruce tip foraging bounty!
Foraged Foods
Mashed Potatoes with Spruce Tip Swirl
These mashed potatoes with a spruce tip swirl are a delicious and impressive dish to present to guests during the spring time!
Baking
Pheasant Back and Kasha Knishes
These pheasant back and kasha knishes are baked goodies stuffed with wild mushrooms and buckwheat, done in the New York style!
Fish
Spruce Tip Pickled Pike
This spruce tip pickled pike is the perfect thing to make with smallish pike that are biting hard in the spring when the spruce are budding!
Foraged Foods
Roasted Spring Veggies with Curry Oil
These roasted spring veggies with curry oil are a medley of fiddleheads, hosta shoots, and pheasant backs, roasted and served with curry oil!
Foraged Foods
Creamy Tarragon Pheasant and Pheasant Back Mushrooms
This creamy tarragon pheasant and pheasant back mushrooms uses both the bird and mushroom with the bird’s namesake in a dreamy rich dish!
Fish
Spring Forager’s Curry with Bullhead Catfish
This spring forager’s curry uses bullhead catfish and plenty of foraged spring treasures to augment its Thai-inspired coconut curry base!
Foraged Foods
Morel and Fiddlehead Pasta with Ramp Butter
This morel and fiddlehead pasta with ramp butter is a fantastic way to use up some of your spring foraging bounty!
Foraged Foods
Rice with Wild Vegetables – Sansai Gohan
This rice with wild vegetables is based on the Japanese dish sansai gohan, or rice with mountain vegetables. I used local wild edibles.
Foraged Foods
Japanese Coltsfoot Gomae
This Japanese coltsfoot gomae is a take on the series of Japanese dishes that consist of vegetables tossed into a delicious sesame sauce!
Foraged Foods
Canadian Maple Leaf Fritters
These Canadian maple leaf fritters are made from young sugar maple leaves, maple syrup, and beer. It couldn’t get any more Canadian, eh?