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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Recipes
Moroccan Sesame Milk
The dates in Morocco are unbelievably rich, moist, and flavorful. There are so many different kinds. My favorite are Barhi—soft, sweet, and chocolatey. We bought a bag of them in the medina and savored every
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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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Recipes
Pinole
Pinole is a versatile food made from ground and toasted grains and spices. It can be consumed as a beverage, porridge, or baked into small cakes, as in the recipe below. Pinole has its origins
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Recipes
Chia Fresca
Chia Fresca, also known as Iskiate, is a traditional drink of the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) people of Chihuahua, Mexico. Chia seeds can absorb up to twelve times their weight in water and consuming them helps the body to retain
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Recipes
Blush
This is one white wine that’s sure to make you blush. Just a few sips will get your blood flowing and inspire amorous sensations throughout your body. Don’t fret if you don’t have all the
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Recipes
Special Coffee
This coffee really is special. As someone who is allergic to dairy, but remains wildly devoted to all things rich and frothy, this recipe has become one of my all-time favorites. It’s also a great
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Recipes
Jewel-Tone Kale Salad
This stunning end of summer salad will make you feel as vibrant as it looks! The magenta center of the watermelon radish and the emerald hues of the kale combine to make a dish as
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Recipes
Fresh Pea + Mint Soup
While at first glance this may not be stuff of foodie fantasies, this cooling and refreshing Summer Soup perfectly highlights the flavors of the season. It’s also easy to make, so you won’t spend much time
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Recipes
Salted Lavender Creamsicles
There just is something so incredibly comforting about the flavor of these creamsicles. They taste like everything I love about Summer. I like to enjoy them best on a warm evening spent outside in the
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Recipes
Lavender Oatmeal
This recipe is super simple and versatile. The calming properties of lavender combine perfectly with the nourishing and grounding energy of oats to provide a healing breakfast that is ready in no time. Feel free
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Recipes
Pleasure Medicine
What is it that brings you pleasure? What is it that makes you grin unselfconsciously, ear to ear, not caring who sees? What is it that makes you feel completely free, totally at home, fully yourself? Whatever
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Recipes
Pistachio Rosewater Delights
These morsels are satisfyingly sweet, sightly savory, and subtly floral. They exist somewhere on the spectrum between a snack, a desert, and well—heaven. The delicate flavor of the rosewater lingers just long enough to delight you
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Herbs
Ashwagandha
The Plant That Changed Me Without pretense, I can say that Ashwagandha has changed my life. It is rare that I write about a plant that I have never cultivated, harvested, or even met face
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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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Recipes
Lover’s Truffles
Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a legendary aphrodisiac. And like many aphrodisiacs, its primary action is to nourish the body and rebuild depleted nutritional stores so that the neurotransmitters and hormones necessary for arousal can be more easily
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Recipes
Taste Of Texas Toasted Pecans
These nuts will not last long. They are the ultimate snack: sweet, salty, earthy, and filling. Serve them alongside fruit and cured meats before a meal, offer them for desert alongside sliced figs with a
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Recipes
Rosemary Chipotle Mashed Potatoes
Comfort food gets a bad wrap – but really, shouldn’t all food be comforting? What if each and every bite we took served as a reminder to our bodies that it is good to be alive and
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Recipes
Sweetheart’s Porridge
Nothing inspires the culinary imagination quite like the romantic imagination. This subtly sweet and perfectly balanced bowl arose out of a moment so steeped in affection, that each ingredient seemed simply to select itself. No
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Recipes
How To Make Herbal Bone Broth
Blurring the lines quite pleasingly between food and medicine, herbal broths are a seasonally-adaptable staple sure to keep you feeling nourished all year round. Sip it on its own, braise your greens with a generous
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