Edible Leeds - Wild Food Foraging Courses and 4 Wild Seasons Pop Up Dining Events

Wild mushrooms have a special place in my heart. My wild food and foraging journey stemmed from an interest in them before branching out into plants and seaweeds. The 'silent hunt', as Antonio Carluccio so beautifully and aptly put it, is one of my favourite things. To find yourself at ease, wandering and treading gently, on the fringes of or deep within and beneath, the multi-layered, multi-coloured patchwork of woodland canopies, or in ancient meadows, in anticipation of the sometimes elusive, yet always magical and mysterious organisms that comprise the 5th kingdom is a pure delight. Fungi are truly fascinating, yet the great majority of the uk population have yet to discover just how awesome, intriguing, fascinating and tasty they can be. Most people think the best time of year for finding wild mushrooms is in the 'autumn' and, although there is some truth in this, it's not the whole truth. Spring, summer and winter can prove very fruitful (fung-ful) when it ...

Stuffed Giant Puffball Many Moons have passed since I found my first decent patch of Giant Puffball's. I was out driving when, from the periphery of my vision, I caught a fleeting glimpse (blur) of pure angelic white, against the backdrop of a lush green field, I hit the brakes hard (after checking my rear view mirror of course), and I jumped out to peek over the wall of said field. What met my gaze nearly made me pee with excitement, approximately 20 GP's of varying sizes, ranging from golf ball to small child size. I picked half a dozen or so with the implicit intent that two of the medium size ones would be the stars of a fungi feast I was now planning to prepare for a group of friends. The recipe in mind was one I'd seen in the cult classic: Roger Phillips, Wild Food book. The 'Stuffed Giant Puffball' recipe - if you don't have a copy of the book is an absolute cracker and, it can be recreated with any filling of your choice. Since that epic day, I didn...