Pickled Bladderwrack
Bladderwrack, (Fucus vesiculosus) is low hanging fruit in the foraging world. It appears early in the spring and is fo und on rocks along...
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Maria Finn
- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
Seaweed Butter
Seaweed infuses butter beautifully. The algae transforms as the cream tames the minerally, salty and even iodine flavors that seaweed can...
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Maria Finn
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
Spring Porcinis & Snow Melt
“Spring arrives with death still on her.” The Book of Difficult Fruit by Kate Lebo I had hoped to spend January through March surveying...
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Maria Finn
- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
The Fertile Void
Happy 2022 from the intertidal zone, a cove off Richardson Bay, which makes up San Francisco Bay, the largest estuary of the Pacific...
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Maria Finn
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
Salmon Love & Truffle Lust on Mount Tamalpais
Print by Tom Killion As I write this, there’s a rainbow arching from the clouds obscuring Tamalpais. It reminds me of a passage from...
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Maria Finn
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Pineapple Express or Bomb Cyclone
Last Sunday an atmospheric river passed by over my home. Also known as a Pineapple Express, as the storm originated near Hawaii. It was...
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Maria Finn
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
Fire and Rain
We just had our first Wild Food Camp in Alaska and it was a rollicking adventure. Kachemak Bay is so stunningly beautiful that it never...
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Maria Finn
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
Anchovies - Nourishing Us Through What Ails Us
My friend Jay has been feeling sad – understandably so. He is a doctor who specializes in viruses and has had quite a roller coaster ride...
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Maria Finn
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
Seaweed, Seed & Nut Bread
This is a super simple bread recipe that’s gluten free and has lots of protein and fiber. I took it from this website- and then add...
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Maria Finn
- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
Seaweed Kimchi
If you find yourself with a stash of dry seaweed, a great way to use it is to make kimchi. This is a ubiquitous fermented condiment in...
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Maria Finn
- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
Seaweed Pasta
Seaweed is being touted as "the new kale." And a little while back, kale was the new spinach. So keeping with the green-hued culinary...
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Maria Finn
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
Dashi Broth
Dashi is a simple, subtle and fragrant broth usually made from Kombu seaweed and bonito, a tuna-like fish that is smoked and then shaved...
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Maria Finn
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
Seaweed: It's All That
Photo by Marla Aufmuth Tangled clumps of seaweed strewn along beaches like fractal tales of the intertidal zone are indicators that the...
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Maria Finn
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
Blue Corn Polenta with Wild Mushroom Broth
Food that is closer to the wild version will have more nutrients than highly domesticated vegetables – bitter and spicy has been replaced...
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Maria Finn
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Black Trumpet & Pine Tree Flatbread
Flatbread with black trumpet mushrooms, pine tips, pine nuts, and za'atar spices. Flatbreads are really just pizza with a creative...
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Maria Finn
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Porcini & Pleasure Risotto
(Serves 4) 5 cups porcini or other mushroom/vegetable broth 1 Pound porcini, diced (you can also keep a few beautiful specimens for the...
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