Ramp it up!

Ramp Pesto I bumped into two fellow foragers gathering ramps two miles from my house. Even from my car, I could see the woods were lousy with ramps as well as the red flowers topping endangered trillium. So I scissored a large bowlful of ramp leaves, leaving their roots to regenerate next year’s crop, but also […]

Foraged Food — Chanterelle Vodka and Wild Watercress

Chanterelle Vodka Taste the woods in an earthy shot of vodka. Pick or buy a scant handful chanterelles from your local forager, or as I did at the farmers market from a vendor, in this case Leslie Taft at Blue Moon Shrooms, who suggested I try this. Add to a small glass jar with a […]