Tag: foraging

Learn how to make sustainable paper from mushrooms using tough, fibrous fungi like artist’s conk, turkey tail, and birch polypore. This eco-friendly craft transforms woody polypores into strong, chitin-based sheets perfect for art projects, greeting cards, or handmade journals. Our step-by-step guide to mushroom papermaking covers soaking, pulping, forming sheets with a mould and deckle, and drying methods—showing how fungi can replace traditional wood pulp for unique, natural paper.

It’s easy to make this natural broth base yourself. Most or all of the ingredients are probably already lurking in your fridge and pantry. A food processor is the kitchen tool I recommend for making it; otherwise, be prepared to do some very fine chopping. I myself just feed everything into the food processor and let it whizz.

I’m wild about asparagus. But I never expected to find wild asparagus growing close to - and even in - urban areas near home. But it does, and I’ve found it growing freely in parks and hillsides in the cooler hilly areas of Israel. Some have reported foraging wild asparagus even around Tel Aviv.

In my foraging walks during late winter and spring, I’m always glad to find Navelwort (Umbelicus rupestris). It’s a...

Get to know wild beets, safe to eat and tasty.

Israel Is Both Sick and Healthy -  In the midst of a tragic war, this winter's rains are remarkably balanced.

We win the war for wellness by practicing healthy Jewish living and appreciating Israel’s natural world. In this war, everyone is a soldier.

November in the Middle East offers a colorful spread of fruit and veg, including some heritage varieties.

Life, work and books of Leda Meredith.

Middle Eastern markets are bursting with the color and aromas of summer's soft fruits. This is the guide to getting the most out of June. 

Sour green plums the size of large marbles are in the local Middle East markets now, a seasonal favorite of the Iraqis. Eat them out of hand as a snack, sprinkling each bite with a little salt. The classic Iraqi way to cook them is to pair them with meat in a flavorful stew. And if you want to ask for them in Persian just say "Gojeh sabz!"

If you live in the near Middle East or the middle Middle East, or are just visiting - take this handy guide with you to find and taste what's in season for the month of March.