Wander and Paint — #Wild Foods

100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Deep Fried Chicken-of-the-woods Mushrooms Recipe

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Deep Fried Chicken-of-the-woods Mushrooms Recipe

Always had a love affair with mushrooms and always will. So in this weeks edition of "Wild Dining Illustrated," I'm rendering a beautiful version of a recipe inspired from the Forager Chef...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Cattail Pasta Recipe

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Cattail Pasta Recipe

The cattails plant fascinates me. Mostly because this wild veggie has wet feet. Its natural habitat seems to be thriving within the edges of bodies of water like lakes, ponds or maybe even rivers...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Leek Potato Soup Recipe

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Leek Potato Soup Recipe

[...] This basic soup recipe could perhaps serve as a strong foundation for other culinary adventures, but don't take my word for it. I imagine that topping it with some caramelized shallots would kick it up a notch. Hint. Hint...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Ostrich Fern Pizza

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Ostrich Fern Pizza

It was dark in the garden but I was hooked.

A friend of mine, a few years ago, introduced me to wood-fired ostrich fern pizza. Me and a group of friends had to hunt for the fiddle heads first throughout the garden, where there was barely any light left in the sky to illuminate the way-- and it was damp.

..but so worth the wait...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto and Polenta

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto and Polenta

[...]. Even though I unfailingly destroy the crisp layer on the polenta squares every time I make them, I forever keep trying to achieve a perfect crispy skin. One day I will succeed - whenever I  finally dedicate time to do it right...

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