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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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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
Posted in Summer
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
Posted in Summer
Tagged berries, berry, Rubus phoenicolasius, Urban Forager, urban foraging, wild berries, wild food, Wine raspberry, wineberries, wineberry
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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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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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Mushroom Season, Hello Giant Puffball
Brooklyn, NY. I found this little puffball (Calvatia gigantea) on campus yesterday, sitting next to a giant Agaricus, and soon discovered a new culinary way to appreciate it: in a Chinese stir-fry (think broccoli and tofu in garlic sauce, with … Continue reading
Urban Forager at Clinton Hill Garden Tour, Sun. May 6
Brooklyn, NY. I’m excited to take part in Brownstone Garden District’s Clinton Hill Garden Walk tomorrow, June 6, 11am-2pm at Lafayette & Washington in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. I’ll have samples on-hand of wild edible plants that grow throughout the city, … Continue reading
Mulberry Season
Brooklyn, NY. The Morus trees are heavy with berries right now, and if you’re lucky the tree nearest you is bearing ripe fruit. Mulberries make a great jam as I discovered yesterday, foisting some mulberry-balsamic preserves on friends who fawned … Continue reading
Posted in Summer
Tagged berries, berry, Morus, Morus alba, Morus rubra, mulberries, mulberry, Urban Forager
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The Accidental Bee-Keeper
Staten Island, NY. A friend and I saved a swarm of bees that landed on my campus at the College of Staten Island. Swarming is par for the course for bees who, like people we all know and love, can … Continue reading
Posted in Spring
Tagged Apis mellifera, beekeeping, bees, honey bee, nyc, swarm, Urban Forager
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Even More Morels
Brooklyn, NY. I can’t stop thinking about these morels. Even yesterday, as I was driving with a 5lb bag filled with these giant beauties that I foraged for from an undisclosed-location, I missed my exit and had to double-back. This … Continue reading
Posted in Spring
Tagged foraging, Morchella esculenta, Morels, mushrooms, New York City, Urban Forager
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