Comment | October 23, 2012 | By The Editors | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
In our current issue Marie Viljoen introduces us to yet another delicious and abundant invasive plant taking over the city. Autumn-olives–no relation to the green things in your martini–are exquisite to eat, with a tart sweetness somewhere between a red currant and a pie cherry.
Comment | July 31, 2012 | By The Editors
In our latest issue, Marie Viljoen shares her tips for foraging for and dining on pigweed–a hearty weed once cultivated by the Aztecs for its precious seeds that now takes over the city come summer time. From sautéed atop crostini to baked in a pigweed tart, Viljoen offers several ways to enjoy the nutritious leaves.
Comment | June 19, 2012 | By The Editors | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
In our latest issue, Marie Viljoen shares her tips for foraging for and dining on day lilies–an invasive species blooming all over the city right now. She recommends them raw in salads, steamed with a dab of butter and salt, gently pickled or dried and added to soups.
3 comments so far | March 5, 2012 | By Marie Viljoen | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
Noxious but nice, this invasive is delectable with dairy.
2 comments so far | January 1, 2012 | By Marie Viljoen | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
Captured in cordials, souvenirs of summer can warm chilly nights.
6 comments so far | December 2, 2011 | By Marie Viljoen | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
’Tis the season for oyster mushrooms.
2 comments so far | July 20, 2011 | By Marie Viljoen | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
Central Park’s Podophyllum peltatum are dangerously delicious.
7 comments so far | June 27, 2011 | By Marie Viljoen | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
Thinking thoughts innocent of foraging, I strolled down the broad mown grass path to Brooklyn’s Dead Horse Bay recently, focused instead on gathering old glass bottles to hold my summer’s haul of juneberries in gin. But in the shade of…