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I’m Kate Golden, a reporter who left Juneau, Alaska, just when the cohos started to come in. I’m on the hunt for wild berries, mushrooms, nuts, fish and critters in urban Madison, Wisconsin. Plus transcendental dumplings, or whatever else is out there.Foraging and fermenting
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Now that’s a spicy mushroom
This is the white-headed stepsister of Lactarius deliciosus, and it is described in Wikipedia as “semi-edible”: Lactarius piperatus. A big meaty mushroom that oozes drops of spicy milk when cut and tastes a lot like horseradish. Continue reading
Here we go round the mulberry tree

These are from a recent California trip. But the grabbing action is identical to what I do in Wisconsin.
