Fat of the Land
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Batty

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Maybe this is one of those  had to be there  moments but I can't resist sharing this short video with you all. The past two weeks of c...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

First Brookie on the Fly

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Okay, maybe it wasn't exactly his first. Last year Riley hooked and caught a brookie on the fly with help from his dad. But this year t...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Angel Dust

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You hear the same old quote repeated endlessly about fennel pollen, something about the sprinkling of spice from the wings of angels. Let...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Strawberry Fields

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While hunting porcini the other day in the Colorado Rockies we stumbled on a large patch of wild strawberries ( Fragraria sp. ). Score! It...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Rocky Mountain Kings

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The biggest fruitings of king boletes I've ever seen haven't been in the Pacific Northwest. No, the Rockies own that distinction, in...
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Sassy Saskatoons

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Sassy might be overstating it. More like solid. Saskatoon berries and their close relatives in the  Amelanchier  genus  fruit in 49 of 50 U....
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Purslane Salad

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The best things in life are free—and easy. Take this weed salad that uses purslane as the featured ingredient. It's delicious in inverse...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Wild Berry Tartlets

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Lace Thornberg, editor of the Washington Trails Association magazine, joined me for a berry-picking hike on Tiger Mountain the other day. (I...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Oregon-grape Preserves

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The state flower of Oregon looks like holly and grows throughout much of Cascadia. Anyone who spends time in the woods from Northern Califor...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Sweet and Sour Geoduck

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A recent New York Times article about East Coast clam culture got me wondering: Why no clam shacks around Puget Sound? Day-trip to a beach...
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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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