Domestic
Bacon and Chanterelle Pierogi
These bacon and chanterelle pierogi are sure to please. Packed full of amazing wild chanterelles and salty bacon, you can’t go wrong!
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Beef
Ribeye with Chanterelle and Pink Peppercorn Cream Sauce
This ribeye with chanterelle and pink peppercorn cream sauce is an amazing way to enjoy a bounty of wild gold, aka chanterelle mushrooms!
Foraged Foods
Mongolian Mushroom Stir Fry
This Mongolian mushroom stir fry has nothing to do with the cuisine of Mongolia, but it is coated in the eponymous sweet and salty sauce!
Foraged Foods
How to Harvest Pavement Mushrooms
Video: Join the Intrepid Eater in this video where he’ll show you how to identify and harvest Agaricus bitorquis, or pavement mushrooms!
Domestic
Bacon and Mushroom Lasagna
This bacon and mushroom lasagna was made with wild Agaricus bitorquis mushrooms, but could easily be made with white buttons or portobellos!
Fish
Springtime Pike Chowder
This springtime pike chowder makes use of spring-caught northern pike, fiddleheads, pheasant back mushrooms, and other spring treats!
Baking
Pheasant Back and Kasha Knishes
These pheasant back and kasha knishes are baked goodies stuffed with wild mushrooms and buckwheat, done in the New York style!
Foraged Foods
Roasted Spring Veggies with Curry Oil
These roasted spring veggies with curry oil are a medley of fiddleheads, hosta shoots, and pheasant backs, roasted and served with curry oil!
Foraged Foods
Creamy Tarragon Pheasant and Pheasant Back Mushrooms
This creamy tarragon pheasant and pheasant back mushrooms uses both the bird and mushroom with the bird’s namesake in a dreamy rich dish!
Fish
Spring Forager’s Curry with Bullhead Catfish
This spring forager’s curry uses bullhead catfish and plenty of foraged spring treasures to augment its Thai-inspired coconut curry base!
Foraged Foods
Morel and Fiddlehead Pasta with Ramp Butter
This morel and fiddlehead pasta with ramp butter is a fantastic way to use up some of your spring foraging bounty!
Foraged Foods
Rice with Wild Vegetables – Sansai Gohan
This rice with wild vegetables is based on the Japanese dish sansai gohan, or rice with mountain vegetables. I used local wild edibles.
Big Game
Yu Xiang Wild Pork with Amber Jelly Roll Fungus
This Yu Xiang wild pork with amber jelly roll fungus is a great way to eat feral hog/wild boar and early season wild mushrooms!
Baking
Moose Tongue and Black Trumpet Pizza
This moose tongue and black trumpet pizza is sure to please even the most dubious about nose to tail eating!
Foraged Foods
Ruffed Grouse, Porcini, and Sunchoke Risotto
This ruffed grouse, porcini, and sunchoke risotto is an elegant creamy take on the traditional Italian dish that will definitely impress!