Tuesday, March 1, 2011

My New Column!

In their infinite wisdom—or maybe a moment of deadline and coffee-induced weakness—the editorial folks at Seattle Magazine have handed over a few column inches to this here foraging scribbler. It's called...drumroll..."Cook's Adventures." Every other issue I'll be taking readers on a jaunt to some of my favorite outdoor grocery stores to sample the wild foods therein.

For the inaugural column we stay close to home, just sticking a toe in the swirling currents of adventurous gastronomy. "Weed Eater" is a tour of my backyard—and probably yours too. Bottom line: Don't compost those dandelions. Eat them!

Yesterday on Seattle's King 5 TV, I spoke with Margaret Larson on New Day Northwest about the new column, taste-tested a few backyard weeds with the studio audience, and cooked up a batch of Stinging Nettle Soup. Coming in May: Morels!
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8 comments:

  1. BikejujuMarch 1, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Congrats! Hopefully you will also get to curate a cover story "Seattle's Top 100 Foragers" for them.

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  2. Michael DeMarcoMarch 2, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Bravo! However, if we ate ALL the dandys in our back yard we'd come to a bitter end.

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  3. JasonMarch 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    What a great forum. Good luck.

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  4. Trout CaviarMarch 3, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    Sounds like a great gig, Lang. Way to go. Have fun,

    Brett

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  5. MikeMarch 5, 2011 at 1:34 AM

    Well done! A worthy column indeed.

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  6. dpMarch 5, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    How exciting! Congratulations!

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  7. Langdon CookMarch 6, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    Thanks everyone! My next column, May, will be on morels...

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  8. Hunter Angler Gardener CookMarch 9, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    Congrats, Lang! Always good to see the mainstream accept foraging. Do us all proud!

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