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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...