Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many new hobbies were adopted. For four retired friends, respite was found in learning to forage in the forests of West Virginia. Inspired by a growing interest in the practice, they formed The Foraging Queens, a group dedicated to volunteer work and ...
My sister Lina and I say often enough that we are regularly reduced to conversation topics such as “what are you having for dinner?” Her contributions to this mundane topic recently began to pique my interest. So I asked her about it. “I set a goal to eat something every single ...
Don’t eat little, red berries was an oft repeated warning in my childhood. Some wild berries that look so scrumptious are poisonous, so it is good advice. Over the last few years I’ve been learning exceptions to the rule. There are some real red gems out there, and with careful ...
Today, I’m busting a myth: Not all sumac is poisonous. Recently chatting with friends, I mentioned this weedy but useful tree. As soon as I said sumac, they got nervous and asked, “you mean poison sumac?” Yes, there is poisonous sumac, and both poison ivy and poison ...