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Ava recently appeared on WNYC's "All Things Considered" with Amy Eddings (93.9 FM) to discuss summer wineberries. She was a judge for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2011 contest. You can find her Urban Forager column every other Saturday on the New York Times City Room site or by using the links below.Summer
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Adventures in UK Foraging
Dungeness, England. I was very excited about our U.K. trip, not just because it was an opportunity to meet future family members and see where Owen grew up, but also for the myriad foraging opportunities. Seaside foraging? An opportunity to … Continue reading
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In the Studio at WNYC’s “All Things Considered”
New York, NY. I was thrilled to be in the studio again on WNYC’s “All Things Considered” with Amy Eddings discussing summer wineberries. The “Last Chance Foods” segment highlights all things fun and foodie, and you can find our conversation … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, Urban Forager, wild berries, wild berry, wineberries, wineberry, WNYC
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Summer Wineberries
Staten Island, NY. Love this summer fruit, which I just wrote about for the Urban Forager (“wineberries“). Tart, juicy, and thimble-shaped, wineberries taste like a blood orange infused with a shot of raspberry. Because the temps have been so ferocious … Continue reading
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Tagged berries, berry, Rubus phoenicolasius, Urban Forager, urban foraging, wild berries, wild food, Wine raspberry, wineberries, wineberry
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Even More Wild Berries
Brooklyn, NY. It took me a while before I realized that this little juicy treasure, which I wrote about in the Urban Forager recently, was lining the roadsides and trails of my favorite park. As with many things in foraging, … Continue reading
Posted in Summer
Tagged berries, black raspberries, black raspberry, foraging, urban foraging, wild berries
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‘Tis the Season for Wild Berries
New York, NY. What does summer in the city mean? Aside from Shakespeare in the Park, fire hydrants mutilated into sprinklers, and a mad dash out of town on Friday afternoons, summer heat translates into the sweetness of summer berries. … Continue reading
Shivery March Means More Maple Sap
Staten Island, NY. I’ll admit it–while this week’s cold spell sent many complaining New Yorkers scrambling for their winter coats again, I was wildly, deliriously happy. Daytime temps dropping to the 40s with freezing evening temperatures can only mean good … Continue reading
Posted in Spring, Winter
Tagged Acer saccharum, Maple sap, Maple sugaring, Maple syrup, Sugaring, Tapping, Urban Forager
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Lovely Like a Portobello
Staten Island, NY. I found this wild relative to the most cultivated mushroom in the world—the white button—last fall off an inner road on the college campus where I teach. It was the envy of several mushroom lovers that season. … Continue reading
Posted in Fall, Winter
Tagged edible mushrooms, gilled mushrooms, mushrooms, Urban Forager, urban foraging, wild mushrooms
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Chinese New Year Recipes
New York, NY. Right in time for Chinese New Year, here’s a recent New Year Recipes article on WNYC’s Culture site, in which my fiery dan dan noodles recipe is profiled. I thought about adding foraged items to the mix … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year recipes, Dan Dan noodles, Recipes
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Chickweed Still Thriving in Manhattan
New York, NY. Despite the black ice and mounds of unruly snow, spritely chickweed survives on the Upper East Side and throughout the city. The Stellaria media sample in the Times pic was a little bedraggled (I had to kick … Continue reading
Posted in Spring, Winter
Tagged chickweed, foraging, Urban Forager, weed, wild food, Winter
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Edible Mushrooms
Brooklyn, NY. The latest Urban Forager on mushrooms you’re likely to find in NYC was supposed to be a round-up of a variety of mushrooms both edible and non-edible. But the story was running very long and before you know … Continue reading
Posted in Fall
Tagged Chicken mushroom, edible mushrooms, Ganoderma lucidum, Lingchih, Lingzhi, mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus, Reishi, wild mushrooms
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