Wednesday, December 4, 2019

FORAGING FOR WILD FOODS--PUBLIC TALK, DEC 11, 2019--SEATTLE, WA

FORAGING FOR WILD FOODS TALK -- OPEN TO PUBLIC 

"NATURALISTS STUDY GROUP LECTURE SERIES"


Jennifer Hahn, Adjunct, Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, will speak about foraging for wild foods. She is the author of three books: Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage (Mountaineers Books, 2009), about her 750-mile solo kayak trip from Alaska to Washington; Pacific Coast Foraging Guide, 40 Wild Foods from Beach, Field and Forest, Mountaineers Books/Skipstone, 2010), and Pacific Feast: A Cook's Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine.

Where: The Mountaineers Program Center

7700 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, WA

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Salish Seaweed Garden: A Day of Sea Veggie Foraging, Feasting and Ecology

WHEN: May 10, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM

WHERE: Fort Ebey State Park, Whidbey Island, Washington
INSTRUCTOR
CLASS TUITION
$95.00
CLOCK HOURS 6.0
















Seaweed!

Our one-day workshop at Fort Ebey State Park is perfectly-timed: we’ll meet during a minus spring tide and the one-month window of public recreational seaweed harvesting at a state park. 

We’ll beach walk or wade in our boots, collect fresh sea vegetables, then carry our bounty to our “Kelp Kitchen”-- the park’s covered picnic shelter.
Then it's time to get your chef’s knife ready! Ever try seaweed tempura? How about spring-green “fettuccine” sliced from fresh kelp that is packed with minerals, offering a glorious "tooth" and gluten free?
We’ll cook up a memorable feast while learning about the ways to preserve seaweeds for the future.
You can buy a Recreational Seaweed & Shellfish License and harvest for yourself, or just come, watch, and soak up the Salish Seaweed wisdom. You will also need a Discovery Pass to park at Fort Ebey, or plan on paying $10 to park for the day, or carpool!
TO REGISTER:

CALL: NORTH CASCADE INSTITUTE:
 PHPhone Icon (360) 854-2599 Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm Pacific Coast Standard Time

Sunday, April 17, 2016

WILD EDIBLES with JENNIFER HAHN & North Cascade Institute, WA June 3-5, 2016

Here in the Fourth Corner, where land meets the sea, lies a bountiful buffet of nourishing edibles. To experience a culinary sampling of both environments, we have planned a trip out to bucolic Lopez Island with two seasonal windows in mind: spring’s profusion of edible land plants and an extra-low tide for harvesting sea vegetables. We’ll spend half of each day exploring and harvesting around Spencer Spit State Park and the other half cooking and eating a four-course wild feast complemented by local fish and produce. 
Our instructor Jennifer Hahn is the author of Pacific Feast: A Cook's Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine, a delicious mix of essays on natural and cultural history of 50 wild edibles, recipes, field notes, photos, illustrations and detailed sustainable harvesting guidelines.



On Saturday, we’ll explore the “intertidal table” and identify, harvest and process delicious sea vegetables. We’ll learn culinary, medicinal and First Nation traditional uses of the most nutritious veggies on the planet. Highlights will include noshing on kelp-robed salmon, sea bean sauté, sea veggie soup and chocolate ocean mousse pie—thickened with carrageenan-rich seaweed! On Sunday, we’ll head to the forest to identify edible plants and, where appropriate, sustainably harvest for cooking up curried nettle soup, wild greens pesto, Nootka rose vinaigrette salad and juniper truffles.
Tuition includes includes two nights camping and two wildharvested dinners. Our base camp will be Group Camp Three at the amazing Spencer Spit State Park with plenty of campsites, an inviting fire pit, salmon grill and all-weather shelter with picnic tables and electrical outlets. If you prefer not to camp, Lopez Farm Cottages is an option on the island. Dinners are provided but participants will bring their own breakfasts and lunches. Participants will bring their own camping gear, but please let us know if you need to borrow any gear and we will accommodate.
Get excited with this video of Jennifer wildharvesting in action:http://youtu.be/En4W0yEoWrk!
Tuition includes includes two nights camping and two wildharvested dinners. Our base camp will be Group Camp Three at the amazing Spencer Spit State Park with plenty of campsites, an inviting fire pit, salmon grill and all-weather shelter with picnic tables and electrical outlets. If you prefer not to camp, “Lopez Farm Cottages” is an option on the Island. Dinners are provided but participants will need to bring their own breakfasts and lunches. Participants will need to bring their own camping gear, but please let us know if you need to borrow any gear and we will accommodate.
MORE INFO:
COST:  $265.00
SCHOLARSHIPS may be available for students with valid ID and low-income participants, teachers are also encouraged to apply for scholarships. 
TO REGISTER, please choose one of the following options:
  • PHONE (360) 854-2599 with your VISA, MasterCard, or Discover card ready.    
  •  
  • Download 
  • and mail a registration form with your credit card information or personal check
  • Register online at nci@ncascades.org
PROGRAM SERIESField Excursions
WHENJun 03, 2015 06:00 PM to Jun 05, 2016 04:00 PM
WHERELopez Island
INSTRUCTORS
CLASS TUITION$265.00
CLOCK HOURS12.0