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Archive: Apr 2013

Flora for the Future

Many of us have heard about, and perhaps even live by, the Slow Food movement–the idea that we should strive to preserve traditional and regional cuisines and protect biodiversity in the plants and animals of local areas. The same people who created that movement have also instituted the Ark of Taste, a virtual Noah’s ark…

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April 9, 2013

Spring Recipes for Wild Edible Plants

It’s definitely Spring! So here are some recipes for wild edible plants that are sprouting right now… Douglas fir tip tea, big leaf maple flowers, licorice fern roots, elderberry flowers, Oregon grapes; if you have never played with these as a chef living in BC you are missing out.  It’s these flavours that potentially can…

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April 2, 2013