3 comments so far | July 11, 2011 | By Marie Viljoen | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
Suddenly bay has become boring. There’s a new leaf in town, hiding in plain sight.
It was chance that led me to crush the leaves of the ubiquitous Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) in passing. Immediately the scent of fresh, tender…
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…
2 comments so far | June 16, 2011 | By Marie Viljoen | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
A few weeks ago I wrote about foraging for fruit of the Amelanchier–native to North America and better known as serviceberries or juneberries–in the current issue of Edible Manhattan. Those fantastic fruits are now ripe, juicy and sweet in Battery…
1 comment | May 20, 2011 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Marie Viljoen
Four falls ago we did a tour of duty with a city forager, the famous “Wild Man” Steve Brill and the subject of a 2009 profile in Edible Manhattan. Brill has been eating from city parks, forested patches and pavement…
Comment | September 21, 2010 | By Amber Benham | Photographs by Amber Benham
The Activity:
Foraging in Prospect Park
What It Is:
We recently tagged along on a Slow Food foraging tour lead by Leda Meredith, the botanist and esteemed locavore who spent an entire year eating only things found within 250 miles…
Comment | September 14, 2009 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Ramin Talaie
Hunting lunch in Central Park with Wild Man Steve Brill.