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.
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.
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.
Facing East, and Heading West
Throughout early May of this year I had a lot of success finding morels under tuliptrees. I’d been especially lucky finding morels under tuliptrees on southeastern facing slopes. That all came to an end recently. As I stepped from my car, heat enveloped me. It was pushing 80, hotter than I’d expected. This, I thought, …
Hunting Trees, Hunting Morels
Morel season in full swing and I am once again in search of hallowed ground. As a new-ish transplant to the Northeast, I don’t have a honeyhole to speak of. No spot has been handed down to me over familial generations; I haven’t had seasons of time hunting morels. Rather, I’m having to seek out …
Preparing for the Start of Morel Mushroom Season
With the snow receding, soil temperatures beginning to rise, and spring on the horizon my mind has been turning to morel mushrooms. Actually, it’s less of a casual thought and more of an obsession. Over the past couple of years, I’ve returned to Michigan for an annual morel hunt. My homeland may be one of …
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Morel-less for Mother’s Day
It’s Mother’s Day when I finally arrive in Benzie County and I have nothing but a handful of leeks to show for it. Every forest I’ve stepped into has been bone dry, save for Waterloo at the southern end of the state. Hunting what the DNR labeled a small 2015 burn, but which was barely …
New Jersey Morels: Take Two
Why let a little rain stop me? On the first Sunday in May I bundle up and head out. It’s probably still early in the season, but I’m dying to get out, so I grab my raincoat and head southeast. My plan had been to work my way into the New Jersey Pine Barrens, a …