Double Take: A Memoir by Kevin Michael Connolly
I doubt I would have picked up this book on my own, but the college where I recently became an adjunct faculty member handed out Double Take: A Memoir (2009) after a two-day in-service on...
View ArticleJulia Child’s Potato Leek Soup, with Dandelions
Potage Parmentier, or potato leek soup, is the first recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It is also the first recipe that Julia Powell prepares after stealing her mother’s...
View ArticleJapanese-Style Dandelion Green Salad
I hope I’m not boring you too much with my recent dandelion obsession, but we enjoyed yesterday’s dandelion green salad so much that I figured I’d post it now and give the other wild plants a little...
View ArticleSpring Plants I Hope to Eat Soon
Plants do seem to grow slowly when you scrutinize them every day, and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing to the few wild plants that endure the firm, rocky soil and high elevation of our backyard. I...
View ArticleBP, Coast Guard Refusal to Use Hair Booms Suspect
Type “hair boom” into your browser and, with the exception of opinion pieces, you can read the same Associated Press article in newspapers across the country which announces the decision by BP and the...
View ArticleStalking the Oyster-Flavored “Bluebell” Through the Wild Edible Plants...
So many people have told me that the “bluebell” is edible, and yet, despite my growing collection of wild edible plants literature, I have found only one reference to it as a food source. Thus, much...
View ArticleFireweed Experiment
Gregg and I have found yet another tasty wild green to supplement our store-bought diet: fireweed! Not to be confused with other plants referred to by the same common name (I found reference to one in...
View ArticleWild Edible Plants Bloglet Born
Heads up, blog readers, especially those of you interested in wild edible plants–I have an exciting announcement to make! New Wild Food Girl site: Etmarciniec.com is now the proud parent of a new baby...
View ArticleThe Shack by Wm Paul Young
After much internal debate, I decided to stop reading a book before coming to the end of it. I absolutely hate doing that. I usually consider it a mission to finish a book. But this one I ultimately...
View ArticleForaging for Fabulous Fall Dandelions
Attention Wild Food Aficionados: Fall foraging forges forward, and by that alliteration I mean to say that foraging for wild food “has not yet ended” this fall, so don’t put away your scissors or your...
View ArticleDouble Take: A Memoir by Kevin Michael Connolly
I doubt I would have picked up this book on my own, but the college where I recently became an adjunct faculty member handed out Double Take: A Memoir (2009) after a two-day in-service on...
View ArticleJulia Child’s Potato Leek Soup, with Dandelions
Potage Parmentier, or potato leek soup, is the first recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It is also the first recipe that Julia Powell prepares after stealing her mother’s...
View ArticleJapanese-Style Dandelion Green Salad
I hope I’m not boring you too much with my recent dandelion obsession, but we enjoyed yesterday’s dandelion green salad so much that I figured I’d post it now and give the other wild plants a little...
View ArticleSpring Plants I Hope to Eat Soon
Plants do seem to grow slowly when you scrutinize them every day, and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing to the few wild plants that endure the firm, rocky soil and high elevation of our backyard. I...
View ArticleBP, Coast Guard Refusal to Use Hair Booms Suspect
Type “hair boom” into your browser and, with the exception of opinion pieces, you can read the same Associated Press article in newspapers across the country which announces the decision by BP and the...
View ArticleStalking the Oyster-Flavored “Bluebell” Through the Wild Edible Plants...
So many people have told me that the “bluebell” is edible, and yet, despite my growing collection of wild edible plants literature, I have found only one reference to it as a food source. Thus, much...
View ArticleFireweed Experiment
Gregg and I have found yet another tasty wild green to supplement our store-bought diet: fireweed! Not to be confused with other plants referred to by the same common name (I found reference to one in...
View ArticleWild Edible Plants Bloglet Born
Heads up, blog readers, especially those of you interested in wild edible plants–I have an exciting announcement to make! New Wild Food Girl site: Etmarciniec.com is now the proud parent of a new baby...
View ArticleThe Shack by Wm Paul Young
After much internal debate, I decided to stop reading a book before coming to the end of it. I absolutely hate doing that. I usually consider it a mission to finish a book. But this one I ultimately...
View ArticleForaging for Fabulous Fall Dandelions
Attention Wild Food Aficionados: Fall foraging forges forward, and by that alliteration I mean to say that foraging for wild food “has not yet ended” this fall, so don’t put away your scissors or your...
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