Camping Drinks - Fir Tip Vodka Fizz Recipe

You’ll see them in our state in the early spring, and I’m sure throughout much of the country. Look for new, pale green growth.

Recipesiso rabinsJuly 5, 2017 Comment

Eat your weeds! Nasturtium Pesto Recipe

There is something about eating something so beautiful that draws people in. Consuming beauty, rather than just observing it

Recipesiso rabinsApril 16, 2017

Leek and Lemon Thyme Tarts with Black Trumpet Mushrooms recipe

This is a super simple recipe that makes you look like a pro and a great one for these rainy nights at home.

Recipesiso rabinsJanuary 10, 2017 Comment

Wild Blackberry Stuffing Recipe

Preparing a unique stuffing for your Thanksgiving turkey can include blackberries that you harvested during the summer and then froze for later use.

Recipesiso rabinsNovember 10, 2015

The Rain has come! Mushroom season has begun!

Rain means that all throughout the forests, as we speak, mushrooms are growing....probably not quite above the surface yet, that takes a few days

iso rabinsNovember 3, 2015

A seaside feast: Recipes and foraging tips for Sea Beans

Admittedly, sea beans (Salicornia) look very little like actual beans, but these hardy, salt-loving succulent plants should be included in every coastal forager’s diet.

Recipes, Edible Plantsiso rabinsOctober 28, 2015 Comment

Where to Harvest Seaweed and How to Eat It

Most of us never give a thought to using seaweed as a food, but it’s actually one of nature’s most nutritious edibles, and is usually easily available to anyone who lives near the coast.

Edible Seaweedsiso rabinsOctober 14, 2015 Comments

Bullwhip Pickle Recipe...

Why pickle seaweed, of all things? Many things are easier to pickle, and they taste better. I like pickled beets, kohlrabi, dilly beans, corn, radishes, grapes, and even turnips

Edible Seaweedsiso rabinsAugust 10, 2015

Keep Sonoma Beaches Free! Reject the new proposal to charge for access to our coast.

I just heard something that upset me. The parks department is planning on starting to charge for parking at the few free beaches in Sonoma County.

iso rabinsJuly 22, 2015

My adventures with Beekeeping 101

Took a beekeeping class yesterday with The Institute For Urban Homesteading. We want to get bees for the roof at Forage Kitchen,

forageSFiso rabinsApril 12, 2015 Comment

We're local - seeking the best of the best producers for Forage Kitchen

Using local food is important to us. Not only is it good for the environment, but even more importantly, buying local is the bedrock of a strong local economy.

iso rabinsMarch 12, 2015

Spearfishing in Mendo with our chef Ty.

Just went on my first spearfishing trip with Ty, our new chef, in Albion, on the Mendocino coast. It was a family affair. I showed up to the campground and was greeted by his brother

forageSFiso rabinsMarch 12, 2015

Welcome Chef Ty Taube

What strikes you most, when speaking with Ty Taube, is his love of simple, unadorned ingredients. Last week he caught a live octopus, and proceeded to steam

iso rabinsFebruary 26, 2015 Comment

A holiday musing on the high church of food...

I hope you’re all having a great holiday. I’m up in northern CA at my dad’s, sitting by a tree cut from the nearby woods. I actually went to church last night for one of the first times

forageSFiso rabinsDecember 25, 2014

The hunt for the ever illusive morel....

Today was a great day. I got the chance to join our class up in the Sierras on the hunt for the ever illusive morel! I try to get out with the classes as much as I can, but usually have to leave them in the very capable hands of our resident mushroom expert Patrick.

Uncategorizediso rabinsMay 18, 2014