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Everyone knows this plant. Almost nobody eats it. True dandelion has a few specific tells that most people never check f...
09/04/2026

Everyone knows this plant. Almost nobody eats it.

True dandelion has a few specific tells that most people never check for. Basal rosette, one flower per stalk, white sap.

Swipe through for the full ID and a simple garlicky greens recipe.

Worth a second look next time you're pulling w**ds.

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Last stretch for the sea beans season!Also known as sea asparagus, samphire, glasswort, pickle w**d. Whatever you call t...
09/02/2026

Last stretch for the sea beans season!

Also known as sea asparagus, samphire, glasswort, pickle w**d. Whatever you call them, they're one of the best-kept secrets of the coastal forager's diet.

Find them tucked into salt marshes and estuaries along the bay, right through late summer and early fall. Snap one off and taste it raw. Salty, crisp, a little like asparagus with an ocean edge.

Toss them into a salad. Quick-pickle them. Sauté them straight with butter and garlic.

However you use them, they bring something to the plate you won't get anywhere else.

https://www.foragesf.com/blog/2015/10/28/a-seaside-feast-recipes-and-foraging-tips-for-sea-beans

Nasturtium is planted on purpose in half the gardens in the Bay Area, and eaten in almost none of them. Peppery leaves b...
09/01/2026

Nasturtium is planted on purpose in half the gardens in the Bay Area, and eaten in almost none of them.

Peppery leaves blend into a good pesto, flowers are a garnish that's actually edible.

Swipe through for the recipe.

Worth asking before you pick from someone's garden bed.

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Isaiah and Kitsana went home from seaw**d foraging with Heidi and got right to work. The kombu got dried. The Sister Sar...
08/28/2026

Isaiah and Kitsana went home from seaw**d foraging with Heidi and got right to work. The kombu got dried. The Sister Sarah got pickled.

That's the real takeaway from a day outside: not just a good afternoon, but skills you keep. Food you harvested yourself, sitting in your own kitchen.

Come learn something new with us.

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Not the banana, the flat rosette growing in the cracks of almost every sidewalk and lawn edge in the Bay Area. Young lea...
08/27/2026

Not the banana, the flat rosette growing in the cracks of almost every sidewalk and lawn edge in the Bay Area.

Young leaves saute up fine with garlic and chile.

Swipe through for the ID and recipe.

Come learn about what's growing near you.

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"There's abundant food all around us and with the right skills you won't go hungry." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spend a day with Steve l...
08/18/2026

"There's abundant food all around us and with the right skills you won't go hungry." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spend a day with Steve learning to catch and cook Dungeness crab fresh from the water.

He'll set up an impromptu beach kitchen and show you how to turn your catch into a restaurant-worthy meal.

There's a good chance you've pulled this out of your garden and thrown it away.Purslane shows up once the ground warms, ...
08/12/2026

There's a good chance you've pulled this out of your garden and thrown it away.

Purslane shows up once the ground warms, low to the ground, fleshy reddish stems, and it's crisp, a little lemony, genuinely good with ripe tomatoes.

The rest of the garden is worth a second look.

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08/06/2026

That menthol smell on the trail? That's California bay laurel.

Crush a leaf and it smells like menthol. Cook with it and it tastes like a spicier, more floral version of the bay leaf in your spice rack.

Early Spanish explorers used the dried leaves in place of black pepper.

One tree, right along the trail, and a pantry staple growing wild.

Learn more by booking a private foraging walk for your next offsite, birthday, or family gathering.

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Most people walk past seaw**d their whole life and never think of it as food. It's actually one of the most nutrient-den...
07/30/2026

Most people walk past seaw**d their whole life and never think of it as food.

It's actually one of the most nutrient-dense things growing on the California coast, packed with iodine, iron, calcium, and manganese. And unlike most things worth eating, it's free.

Turns out it makes for a pretty great team outing too, no conference room required.

Plan a private outing for your team.

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