A N C E S T R A L N O U R I S H M E N T Acorns are the food of our ancestors. If you are of European, Asian, or
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Recipes
Green Chili Mashed Potatoes
When I was nineteen, I moved to Boulder, Colorado. Many things amazed me about living on the front range—the majestic mountains and crystalline streams which flowed through the town, the hawthorns groves which wove themselves
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Recipes
Puffball Ice Cream
Giant Puffballs have always delighted me. The first time I first saw one, gleaming and impossibly white, I was hiking through a low elevation meadow in the San Louis foothills of Colorado. I felt elated;
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Wild Foods + Foraging
Cooking With Yucca
Yucca blossoms check all the boxes for me when it comes to wild edibles. They are abundant, widespread, and of course, delicious! Additionally, when harvested correctly, your meal won’t harm the plant one bit. There
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Herbs
Chia
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Herbs
Piñon
There is, perhaps, no other tree or plant that my life has become as interwoven with the Pine. Her changing gifts mark the turning of the wheel of the year–wood harvested in Spring, cured in
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Herbs
Wild Onions
Harvesting wild onions is a deliciously grounding way to reconnect with the Earth as she grows more fertile with each passing day of Spring. I recommend finding a patch of damp earth, dappled with sun
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Daily Practices
Eat The Wild
Sometimes eating just one petal from a wildflower can provide more sustenance than even an entire meal of cultivated modern foods. This is because Wild foods feed us on a level that transcends the physical
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Wise Guides
What To Eat In Springtime
Springtime is positively intoxicating; her procession of flowers endless. The momentum which propels life forward in Spring never fails to astonish me. Early Spring is also my favorite time to gather wild foods. The herbs
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Herbs
Dandelion
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Wise Guides
Wholehearted Wildcrafting
The journey of a Wildcrafter begins slowly at first. Start where you are. Allow this journey to reveal itself to you, savoring each Season and seed. Begin simply, pausing to bask in the fragrance of
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