To everything there is a season. And now it is summer and I am in Washington, DC, with much to engage my forager’s eye – from the yards of beautiful homes whose considerate landscapers planted herbs as part of their design scheme, to the honeysuckle covering fences, there for the sipping. Fortuitously, my sister Jocelyn … Read More »
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Winter Does Not Apply
February is arguably the dreariest month of the year, and at this point my family and friends in the United States and Europe are paralyzed with winter fatigue. While winters here in the Galilee are generally mild, this past month we’ve been treated to several snowstorms and in recent days I’ve even had to pull … Read More »
What You See
A few days ago, Balkees and I spent the day with a journalist from Israel’s top food magazine, as she prepared an article about the edible wild plants that are now in season. We started the morning in the village that Balkees grew up in, tromping through the lush greenery in the vast field behind … Read More »
Chicory Comes of Age
In a recent post, I wrote about my coming of age as a forager, marked by my ability to recognize wild chicory. Now I thought it would be interesting to show what happens when chicory comes of age. It’s late spring and the edible wild plants have pretty much closed up shop, shedding their tender … Read More »
A Bitter Coming of Age
This winter has been the occasion of my foraging coming of age. I’ve been gathering edible wild plants in the hills, fields and empty lots around my home for a number of years now. At first, I could identify only the most distinctively shaped plants, and my gathering repertoire was limited to wild asparagus and … Read More »