Ep. 7: Foraging with Rachel from Yellow Elanor

Rachel Zoller of the Yellow Elanor website and video series. Photo by Trevor Hiscocks

Ep. 7: Foraging with Rachel from Yellow Elanor

Show Notes

In this episode we chat with Rachel Zoller (you might know her as @yellowelanor on Instagram). We love chatting with Rachel because she brings her self-taught knowledge and enthusiasm to foraging and combines it with her ability to teach and explain in such an approachable way. While we aren’t currently able to forage in Washington State (recorded in April 2020 during coronavirus quarantine) we came away encouraged to use this time to educate ourselves so that when restrictions ease, we’ll be all the more ready to get out and find some fungi.

Links: 

• YellowElanor.com Rachel’s website is a wealth of knowledge for those with a hunger for learning about mushrooms

• Yellow Elanor YouTube Channel Walk along with Rachel through the woods as she forages for mushrooms. They are also a sister & brother team making outdoor videos!

• Author Euell Gibbons (Books: Stalking the Wild Asparagus, Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop, Stalking the Healthful Herbs, etc.)

• 1968 New Yorker article on Euell Theophilus Gibbons

• Chocolate Cream Pie recipe by King Arthur Flour

• Chocolate Pie Crust recipe by King Arthur Flour

Podcast Ep. 6: Hunt, Gather, Cook with Hank Shaw Show Notes

Hank Shaw has done pretty much everything. He’s worked in restaurants, fished commercially, been a political journalist, written books and more. His website HuntGatherCook.com is a treasure trove of recipes, essays and how-to’s on anything related to wild foods. He’s fun to talk to and knowledgeable about pretty much everything. We think you’ll enjoy listening to our conversation with him. And even though we’re currently limited on our outdoor pursuits (recorded in April 2020 during the Covid-19 quarantine) we can dream of the time when we can get back outdoors and harvest some wild foods together.

Links:

• huntgathercook.com - Hunter, angler, gardener, cook is Hank’s website with tons of recipes and articles and more. Some of Hank’s posts mentioned in the podcast:

  • Eat your Lawn 

  • Pasta Primavera

  • How to Eat Cholla Buds

• Private Facebook Group 

• Hank’s four books

• Author Euell Gibbons (Books: Stalking the Wild Asparagus, Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop, Stalking the Healthful Herbs, etc.)

• Book: Gathering the Desert by Gary Paul Nabhan

• Book: Let’s Stay In by Ashley Rodriguez

• Video: Sourdough with Babish

• An Air Fryer might change your life

• Book: The Overstory by Richard Powers

• Book: The City we Became by  N.K. Jemisin 

Podcast Ep 2: Spring Foraging with Langdon Cook Show Notes

In this podcast we welcome our guest Langdon Cook, author, forager, fisherman and all around great guy. We should say this first and foremost NEVER eat anything in the wild unless you are 100% certain of what you are eating. 

Links:  

• Langdon’s website: great information of pacific northwest foraging and wild food recipes.

• Kitchen Unnecessary post about nettle identification and processing

Recipes:

• Nettle Pesto Pops

• Dandelion Jelly Recipe

• Pasta with Oyster Mushrooms and Smoked Ham hock

• Oyster Mushroom Udon

• Nettle Risotto with Smoked Salmon Broth

Books:

• The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson 

• The Nature Fix

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What’s next?

Upcoming episode with Daniel Winkler - International wild food legend, and the VP of the Puget Sound Mycological Society, Daniel Winkler talking about all things mushrooms.

Upcoming episode with Alana of Truffle Dog Co. - We talk about foraging for black truffles in Washington (and Oregon) and discuss some of the different varieties and their varying flavors.

Podcast Episode 1: Show Notes

In this episode we hear Chris and Ashley fumble their way into the world of podcasting. Hear the origins of Kitchen Unnecessary and what you can expect from this podcast. Be sure you stay tuned until the very end where Chris learns the value of silencing his cell phone while recording a show. (Hi Mom!)

New to Kitchen Unnecessary? Check out all of our video episodes here.

Chris’ other gig.

Ashley’s other gig.

Ashley’s cookbooks; Date Night In & Let’s Stay In

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What’s next?

Episode with Langdon Cook - Author and educator Langdon Cook gets us excited for Spring foraging.

Episode with Daniel Winkler - International wild food legend, and the VP of the Puget Sound Mycological Society, Daniel Winkler.

Ashley and Chris filming in Alaska

Childhood photo of Ashley and brothers Chris and Geoff

Kitchen Unnecessary video crew while filming the fire morel episode with Langdon Cook. (From left: Ashley Rodriguez, Julie Hubert, Chris Baron, Langdon Cook, and Brandon Lee)