Fat of the Land
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Blackcaps

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FOTL's berry bonanza continues unabated. The other day I happened upon what is perhaps my favorite of all the wild Rubus : the western ...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Silver & Gold

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I feel like Yukon Cornelius on Christmas ! A silver salmon at dawn and golden chanterelles by dusk. You can't ask for better lucre than ...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Jamberry Land

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Backpacking with a seven-year-old and a three-year-old is always an adventure. Little did we know we were embarking on a trip into Jamberry ...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Huckleberry Hounds

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Screw on your berry snout because the time is now to sniff out one of the great treats of late summer. By general consensus among the berry ...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

Blackberry Cobbler

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It's blackberry time. Initially we were dismayed to discover the city had whacked a few of our favorite nearby berry-picking spots—proba...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Crab Cakes

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Bagged a few more crabs the other day but got seasick in the process. That's one of the risks of free-diving. Or maybe it's just my ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Boiled Crab

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As with Maine lobsters, cooking Dungeness crab intimidates many folks. Think Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall , with crustaceans ...
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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Rubus Rules

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Rubus : Not a country bumpkin but rather a much loved genus in the rose family . Rubus includes familiar old favorites such as blackberries...
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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Island Time

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My apologies for the paucity of posts lately—FOTL has been on another summer sabbatical, this one sponsored by Mrs. Finspot (she of the Blu...
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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Crab Feed

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When friends come from out of town to visit, I like to give them the opportunity to feel awkward, get dirty, and maybe even impale themselve...
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Langdon Cook
Seattle, WA
Award-winning author of Upstream, The Mushroom Hunters and Fat of the Land, Langdon Cook is a writer, instructor, and lecturer on wild foods and the outdoors. Cook has been profiled in Bon Appetit, WSJ magazine, and Salon.com, and his writing has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and online journals including National Geographic Traveler and Eating Well. His on-screen credits include the PBS TV series "Food Forward."
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