Recently Foraged Ingredients: Vol. 20

This is our 20th edition of Recently Foraged Ingredients and it marks a year that we have been writing about unusual and hard to find items. It is also our first edition on our newly designed website. These are some of the fun ingredients that are out there so talk to your vendors and farmers to see what is available in your area.

Summer ingredients are here so look for the many different varieties of stone fruit, melons, and summer squash available with Corn going strong. Berries are still everywhere and tomato and fig season is starting.

Here are the items we have found recently from farmers, farmers markets, and specialty vendors in Northern California:

Fresh Vegetables

• Guaje Seed
• Fresh Marrow Bean
• Pom Pom Mushroom
• Bintji Potato
• Mandurian Round Cucumber

Greens, Herbs, And Flowers

• Yarrow
• Yarrow Flower
• Rose Geranium Flower
• Rose Geranium Leaves
• Popcorn Shoot
• Flowering Spinach

Fruit

• Loganberry
• Mulberry
• Royal Blenheim Apricot
• Sour Cherry
• Mango Tango Pluot
• Xoconostle

Misc.

• Soft Shell Crab