Chasing Rain and Getting Chanterelles
Using past precipitation data to find chanterelle mushrooms in a drought.
Oven Roasted Hen of the Woods
Whether you call it Grifola frondosa, Maitake, or Hen of the Woods, here’s how to cook it right.
The Whimsical World of Fungi-Foraging Winemakers
It’s morel season, and your vintner is out in the woods. Meet some of America’s mushroom-obsessed winemakers in this story for Wine Enthusiast magazine.
With a Chef’s Ramp Kimchi Recipe, West Goes East
How a chef in West Virginia first fell for Allium tricoccum and the new heights she’s taking them to.
Where Wildfires Once Blazed, Mushroom Hunters Thrive
High-tech mapping has made foraging easier and faster. What’s gained — and lost — in the hunt? I reveal just that in this story for Experience Magazine.
Hunting Burn Morels and Getting (Sea) Beans
On a dark desert highway, Idaho burn morels get traded for Washington sea beans. Plus: One recipe for a crunchy, saline Salicornia salad.
Stuffed Morels: Out of the Wildfire and Into the Oven
Sure, it may be gilding the lily, but this easy morel mushroom recipe is the stuff of dreams.
A Brief Affair With Hen of the Woods
Oven roasted maitake with celeriac recipe.
Hunting Morels and Ramps in North Carolina
A hunt for morels and wild leeks in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville leads to a host of edible discoveries.
So I Gather is On the Road
After years of threatening to do it, I’ve hit the road for a very long foray. Over the next several months I’ll be traveling the U.S. seeking fungi and chasing stories. In addition to finding baskets full of mushrooms, I’m hoping to tell the stories of some of the nation’s most interesting mushroom hunters along …