Fat of the Land
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Dandy Tempura

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In case you haven't noticed, dandelions have bigger brains than people. Seriously. And they get smarter each time you whack them. Mow a ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Chickweed, Round 2

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My first round with wild chickweed was the eye-opening Chickweed Chimichurri over Tuna Poke . For that I used a handful common chickweed ( ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

To Eat or Not To Eat?

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I pulled the same stunt last year . Got all worked up by my online pals down in P-Town who were finding big, beautiful specimens of Morchell...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Chickweed Chimichurri...or Bust!

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Chickweed Chimichurri . Sounds like an Arizona ghost town. In fact, it's a zesty sauce, and last week it seemed like everywhere I turned...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

A Dandy Time in the Neighborhood

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Picking dandelions early Saturday morning in your front yard is the sort of civic activity that gets you noticed. Joggers huff and puff down...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Damn Yankees!, or Fiddlehead Strikes Out

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Yeah, I don't like the Yankees , not one bit. But this post isn't about baseball, it's about Yankee Fiddlehead Casserole and fai...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Eat Your Yard

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Urban foragers need not worry about pesticides, herbicides, and other nasty contaminants if they simply harvest the bounty of their own yard...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Fiddlehead Fandango

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They look great on the plate and their taste, though distinctly wild, is still approachable—a cross between asparagus and artichoke, some sa...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Wilted Dandy Salad

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Over the weekend Marty and I took a stroll down to Lake Washington through our neighborhood park. Dandelions were everywhere, big clumps of ...
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Monday, April 6, 2009

Nettle and Porcini Lasagna

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For a potluck dinner tonight I fell back on the old standby—lasagna—but gussied it up with stinging nettles and porcini (both dried and froz...
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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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