After not posting on this blog in over a year, I have finally decided it is time to play catch…
2021 Reading
“The appetite for silence is rarely an acquired taste.” – Emily Dickinson I started reading consistently again, and before getting…
Blue Butterfly Pea Tea (& Kombucha!)
Lately I’ve been obsessing over flowers. After picking up a copy of Monica Nelson’s book Edible Flowers, Bougainvillea agua frescas,…
Magnolias on My Mind (Spring 2022)
This Spring, I learned via Alexis Nikole Nelson (@blackforager) that Magnolia petals are edible. The discovery has been joy on…
Foraging & Cooking: Fried Puffball Mushrooms! (January 2022)
I FOUND PUFF MUSHIES! Growing in a fairy ring no less… In January I found my very first puffball mushrooms.…
Foraging & Cooking: Lets Talk About Chicken of the Woods (September 2021)
DL;DR: Chicken of the woods are a delicious foraged mushroom to cook with, but always be an informed/ cautious forager.…
Akin to Carbonara: Fresh Pasta & Smoked Trout
I know, I know, I know: real carbonara (i.e. traditional… can we 86 the term authentic?) is made with cured…
Farmers’ Market Salad: The Taste of Southern California (Summer 2021)
Los Angeles has no shortage of culinary inspiration, and the farmers’ markets here have been giving me all sorts of…
Deviled Quail Eggs! (May 2021)
When I moved to California (May 2021), I went months without really cooking anything in my new kitchen. I had…
Foraged Garlic Mustard & Wild Onion Pasta (Spring 2021)
Before I left the East Coast to move to the West Coast, I had one final foraging adventure: garlic mustard…
The Artist's Appetite 