Foraging
Meet the Foragers Getting High on Mugwort
I joined forager Richard Osmond in search of mugwort, a relative of wormwood, the flavoring agent in absinthe. It’s also known for the inducement of weird dreams.
This Former Pickle Producer Will Make You Rethink Everything About Thai Food
At the Bangkok restaurant 80/20, 80 percent of the ingredients are entirely local—including foraged herbs and rare vegetables that even many Thais have never tasted.
We Need to Pick More Mushrooms in Order to Save Them
In the San Francisco Bay Area, there are only two designated areas for wild mushroom harvesting—but one chef and forager believes that's not nearly enough.
How to Hunt for Frog Legs on a Golf Course
Michelin-starred chef Iliana Regan seems like the kind of person who’d spend a Sunday evening catching up on Stranger Things, not out stabbing frogs. But she showed me how to hunt and kill some amphibians on a golf course.
Edible Weeds Are the New Edible Flowers
The heirloom tomatoes at HausBar Farms are delicious, but the main draw for Austin's most forward-thinking chefs are the tasty weeds that would be discarded anywhere else.
Foraging for Fish Mint in Rural Sichuan Is Smelly Business
I traveled to the mountains of Sichuan to forage for fish mint, a culinary delicacy and prized ingredient in Chinese medicine whose name is derived from the fishy aroma the leaves emit.
Meet Jon the Poacher, London's Favourite Forager
Jon is a man who pays attention to the things most Londoners never notice: the abundance of edible fruit, leaves, and fungi that grow in the city's parks and pavements. “Most people will just see trees,” he says. “I can identify them all by their...
Yarrow Plant Could Make You a Less Awful Drunk
There’s no consensus on what yarrow—a plant known for its anesthetic qualities—does mentally. “But I’ve read reports of people using it with alcohol to take away the negative effects and stimulate conversation,” says British forager Richard Osmond.
This Icelandic Chef Is Cooking with Yellow Snow
Agnar Sverrisson's “snow” is made by boiling goat cheese and whipping until fluffy. It looks exactly like the newly fallen powder you pray will fall overnight on Alpine slopes, and is served with wood sorrel and English asparagus.
I Went Barefoot Foraging by the Bavarian Alps
I joined part-time forager Christiane Viehweger on a walk through the woods to gather wild garlic and dozens of other edible plants.
Britain Spends £166 Million a Year Spraying This Delicious ‘Weed’ with Herbicide
“It is basically rhubarb,” says forager Ross Evans of Japanese knotweed, the “weed” Britain spends £166 million every year attempting to eradicate. “The young shoots are also great, almost similar to bamboo shoots.”
You Can Forage from the Floating Food Forest That's Heading to NYC
This summer, New Yorkers will have the chance to get in touch with nature and their food when a “floating food forest” moors at various spots around the city.