In their infinite wisdom—or maybe a moment of deadline and coffee-induced weakness—the editorial folks at Seattle Magazine have handed over a few column inches to this here foraging scribbler. It’s called…drumroll…”Cook’s Adventures.” Every other issue I’ll be taking readers on a jaunt to some of my favorite outdoor grocery stores to sample the wild foods therein.
For the inaugural column we stay close to home, just sticking a toe in the swirling currents of adventurous gastronomy. “Weed Eater” is a tour of my backyard—and probably yours too. Bottom line: Don’t compost those dandelions. Eat them!
Yesterday on Seattle’s King 5 TV, I spoke with Margaret Larson on New Day Northwest about the new column, taste-tested a few backyard weeds with the studio audience, and cooked up a batch of Stinging Nettle Soup. Coming in May: Morels!
Congrats! Hopefully you will also get to curate a cover story “Seattle’s Top 100 Foragers” for them.
Bravo! However, if we ate ALL the dandys in our back yard we’d come to a bitter end.
What a great forum. Good luck.
Sounds like a great gig, Lang. Way to go. Have fun,
Brett
Well done! A worthy column indeed.
How exciting! Congratulations!
Thanks everyone! My next column, May, will be on morels…
Congrats, Lang! Always good to see the mainstream accept foraging. Do us all proud!