Event

Foraging

Author, speaker, and forager Langdon Cook coming to Kitsap March 28

Are your curious about ethnobotany or the latest on foraging? With more people interested in traditional uses of local native spring greens and fungi, the time has come for some straight talk on how to enjoy these resources, where to learn more about them, and how to take precautions as we find ourselves drawn back to our roots as gatherers.

Join WSU Kitsap Extension and Langdon Cook for "A survey, from woods to plate, of the wild edibles of spring, from fiddleheads to oyster mushrooms, miner's lettuce to stinging nettles." Learn about the various species in their habitat and about their lifecycle, identification, harvest, and uses.

Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Time: 10:00 am to noon
Where: Norm Dicks Government Center, Bremerton
Who: Open to the public
Cost: $10

Culinary adventurer Langdon Cook is a writer, instructor, and lecturer on wild foods and the outdoors. His books include The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America, winner of the 2014 Pacific Northwest Book Award, and Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager. His writing appears in numerous publications, and he has been profiled in Bon Appetit, Outside, Salon.com, and the PBS TV series Food Forward. Cook lives in Seattle with his wife and two children. http://langdoncook.com

WSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Renee Johnson at 345 6th Street, Suite 550, Bremerton, WA 98337 360-337-7224 rkjohnso@co.kitsap.wa.us at least two weeks prior to the event.