SALISH SEAWEED FORAGING & FEASTING: APRIL 18 (SAT) --or-- APRIL 19 (SUN) with Jennifer / North Cascade Institute

Hello Seaweed Lovers, I'll be on the beach with wonderful North Cascade Institute on April 18 (Sat) and April 19 (Sun) foraging for and feasting with sea veggies. There is nothing quite so delicious as Chocolate-Ocean Pudding thickened with seaweed (like chocolate ganache...no kidding!) And the Salish Sea views across the wide water to the Olympic Mountains restore the wild spirit! Come enjoy a high tide of FUN AND COMMUNITY with HANDS-ON SUSTAINABLE FORAGING, SEAWEED ECOLOGY EDUCATION, CULINARY EXPLORING and A SEASIDE SUMPTUOUS 6-COURSE MEAL!

There are still spaces left--AND SCHOLARSHIPS, too! For more details call North Cascade Institute: (360) 854-2599 Cheers, Jennifer

WILD TIDE DINNER & fund-raiser for SEATTLE INDIAN CENTER FEB 18, 2026

Hi friends, I am honored and delighted to invite you back to the table on Wednesday, February 18th for the reconvened WILD TIDE dinner! My partners--Slow Food Seattle, Seattle Culinary Society, Chef Kären Jurgensen, Finnriver Farm & Cidery, and Taylor Shellfish--are THRILLED to offer this delicious evening as a FUND-RAISER for SEATTLE INDIAN CENTER.

For our evening, Chef Kären has planned 13 dishes celebrating coastal flavors from seaweeds and clams, to salmon and fir needles. A smattering of recipes are drawn from my new book, "Pacific Harvest," too!! Students at Seattle Culinary Academy (SCA) will prepare and serve the dishes at SCA's ONE WORLD RESTAURANT. I (Jennifer) will share a lively slide talk exploring the rich interconnection of our coastal ecosystems and cultures, based on 40 years of foraging from California to Alaska.

Plus, enjoy wine and pours from Finnriver Farm & Cidery and a Raffle for a northwest-themed ceramic bowl from Chris Moench's studio "Axis of Hope," signed books, and yummy gift baskets including Finnriver Farm & Cidery and Lummi Island Seagreens products. My hands are raised, friends, for your help supporting those in need, during times of changing tides and strong currents. We hope you can come, converse and be nourished by a delicious community event--and we know, if you can't, your are doing good works in other hoods! Together we can "holdfast"! (See the kelp holdfast in photo that grips rocks and holds on during the ebb and flood of ocean tides and currents.)

Ticket price: $75 for Slow Food Members, Volunteers, and Jennifer's Friends; $85 for non-members. Jennifer's friends please use promotional code: SFSwildtide26 for the member price. MORE INFO & TICKETS: https://www.slowfoodseattle.org/.../wild-tide-dinner-return

December 6th - 7th WILD ARTS FEST - Portland, Oregon. Sat 10am-5pm Sun 10am-4pm

Join us for an artsy double header at THE WILD ARTS FESTIVAL--(Wow-wee 45th Annual). Chris Moench, my potter hubby, will be showing his fresh-out-of-the-kiln "Axis of Hope Prayer Wheels" and I (Jennifer Hahn) will be signing copies of my new book “Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide", "Pacific Coast Foraging pocket guide: 50 Foods from Beach, Field and Forest", "Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage." LOCATION: Wingspan Event Center, 801 NE 34th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124. The Wild Arts Festival is a great way to support Oregon’s wildlife and wild places, as well as local artists. The festival typically has 60+ artists on hand, and 24 authors. You will undoubtedly find the painting, sculpture, jewelry piece, photograph, woodwork, textile, ceramic piece, glass-blown art and books that speaks to you.

FUN EVENTS: ARTIST'S The festival features 60+ artists on hand, and you may just find the painting, sculpture, jewelry piece, photograph, woodwork, textile, ceramic piece, glass-blown art, or book that speaks to you.

"LIGHTENING TALKS" Short “lightning talks” by authors and artists will offer further insights into their work, process and inspiration. Pop in and out to see as many you like on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Hi-lights featuring Chris and Jenny's Books and Clayworks: Sat. 11-4pm: Jenny book signing with 12 other author's in Author's Room Sat. 12:30pm Jenny shares a "Lightning slide/talk" on Sustainable NW Foraging and Feasting Sat. 1:30pm Chris shares a "Ligntning slide/talk" on 30+ years and 1000 individual prayer wheel sculptures. Sat-Sun: Visit Chris at Axis of Hope Prayer Wheels. Booth 23 (woo-hoo...look just inside Entrance!) We hope you’ll make it!

Wild Tide: Pacific Harvest Feast & Fund Raiser for Local Food Pantry -- with Slow Food Seattle and Seattle Culinary Academy -- Stay Tuned for Winter 2026 date!

NEW DATE T.B.D. SOON for JANUARY or FEBRUARY 2026. TIME: 6-8:30 pm. LOCATION: Seattle Culinary Academy -- 1701 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122 Don’t miss this special evening celebrating the bounty of our coastal comestibles! From seaweeds and clams to salmon and fir needles—this dinner is a curated collaboration between Chef Kären Jurgensen, Senior Instructor at Seattle Culinary Academy, and Jennifer Hahn, WWU Wild Food teaching professor, scientist, and author.

Join us as we explore these wild foods, and the interconnection of these species and ecosystems we love. Jennifer Hahn will act as our guide and seaweed guru for the evening, sharing parts of her new book “Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide,”, as well as the fascinating cultural, biological, and gastronomical aspects of our tidal table, and the interdependence of our coastal species with each other and ourselves. Find out how we’re “tide” together and enjoy a delicious meal at One World restaurant!

About Chef Kären Jurgensen Chef Kären Jurgensen is the Executive Chef Instructor at Seattle Culinary Academy, where she oversees One World Dining Room. She developed the school’s sustainability curriculum and was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Learner Award by the Seattle Colleges Board of Trustees. Each summer, Chef Kären teaches at Quillisascut Farm School, leading farm-to-table immersion courses for professional chefs, culinary students, agricultural professionals, and food writers. Cooking only with ingredients they find on the farm, students learn to be connected to the food they work with. Chef Kären is the co-author of two mmmmmarvelous books: "Rethinking the Kitchen: The sustainable kitchen handbook" and "Chefs on the Farm cookbook: Recipes and Inspiration from the Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts." Under Chef Kären's direction, the Seattle Culinary Academy became the first culinary school in the nation to implement a sustainable food systems course and integrate social justice initiatives throughout its program. The Academy was awarded the Slow Food Snail of Approval, recognizing its leadership in local and sustainable sourcing, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.

About Jennifer Hahn Jennifer wears many hats — educator, scientist, writer, adventurer, naturalist, culinary explorer, and wilderness guide. She teaches sustainable wild food harvesting at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University and leads seaweed workshops for the North Cascade Institute, Salish Sea tribes, and First Nations. During a 750-mile, two-summer solo kayak expedition from Alaska to Bellingham, she foraged sea vegetables, fish, sea urchin, berries, and wild roots to supplement her dry stores. In the 1990s, she founded her adventure travel and natural history company, Elakah Kayak Expeditions, where she began teaching popular wild foraging and cooking courses. Her seaweed workshops with Salish Sea Tribes and First Nations later inspired here graduate school research project on contaminants and beneficial chemicals in Salish Sea Seaweeds, now published in PLOS One.

Jennifer's first book, Spirited Waters: Soloing South through the Inside Passage, won the Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere Award. Her love of foraging inspired her latest titles with Mountaineers Books, Pacific Feast and Pacific Harvest.

Details / Tickets DATE: TBD for JAN/FEB 2026 TiME: 6:00 pm LOCATION: Seattle Culinary Academy / One World Restaurant

1701 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122 TICKETS: • Slow Food Members - $75. Use promo code SFSwildtide25 -- JENNIFER is also sharing a discount code SlowFoodFriend -- you can use if you aren't a Slow Food member. Price is $75 with promocode (instead of $85). Eventbrite has a charge, too. Hope to SEA YOU THERE! Tickets: SlowFoodSeattle.org • General Admission - $85

NEW BOOK TOUR! Jennifer Hahn presents 'Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide'

2025 WEST COAST "Pacific Harvest" BOOK TOUR:  Check back soon!

March 26, WED. Seattle, Washington

• HOT STOVE SOCIETY RADIO SHOW & LIGHT BREAKFAST   

• Hosted by Chefs TOM DOUGLAS & Bridget Charters and Loretta Douglas
• TUNE IN OR JOIN US LIVE
• Time: 9:00 - 11:00 am (doors open at 8:50am)
• Cost: $30 / person (includes a light, yummy breakfast) !
• 2000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121

• 
  The Hot Stove Radio Show records live in the studio with Chef Tom Douglas.  Join the winner of the prestigious James Beard Award to review Puget Sound's best restaurants, share recipes based on weekly ingredients, and answer your burning culinary quandaries. 
• Jennifer is a featured guest and will share hot tips and splendid stories of 40 years foraging for wild and delicious foods, including invasive species, favorite recipes, and her hot-off-the-press book, "Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide."  
• Hot Stove Society is located in a bright Industrial space inside the stylish HOTEL ANDRA
• To Register: HOT STOVE RADIO SHOW
• Questions? Please email us at: hotstove@tomdouglas.comi

April 12, Sat: Manzanita, Oregon

• CLOUD & LEAF BOOKSTORE
• 447 Laneda Ave, Manzanita, OR.
• Slide-talk & Book Signing: "Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide." 
• Time 5:00-7:00pm
• 5:00 pm Wine, cheese, fresh popcorn SEA-soned with coastal kelp
• Presentation follows snacks and social
• For more Info phone Cloud & Leaf: (503) 368-2665 

April 13, Sun. Manzanita, Oregon 

 

• WALK on the Wild & Weedy Side--Edible Plants & Cooking Demo
• Sponsor: Lower Newhalem Community Trust 

• Join Jennifer Hahn and the LOWER NEWHALEM COMMUNITY TRUST for a plant identification walk and learn about the culinary and cultural uses of local plants.
• You will learn how to sustainably harvest native wild plants as well as how to safely collect invasive Knotweed (aka "Fool's Rhubarb"). After our walk, we will gather at Alder Creek Farm for cooking demos to prepare Delicious Knotweed Sauce, Cocoa Truffles with Roasted Dandelion Root and more! Attendance is free, but space is limited. Sign up below to join us!

• Our foraging instruction walk will last from 11:00 - 12:30 [location on LNCT lands TBD], followed by a cooking demonstration from 12:30 - 2:00 at Alder Creek Farm.
• More info: maijahecht@newhalemtrust.org 

April 14, MON. Beaverton, Oregon

• APRIL 14, MON. POWELL'S BOOKS AT CEDAR HILLS CROSSING 
• 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd / Beaverton, OR 97005
• Slide-talk & Book Signing: "Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide"
• Time: 7:00 pm
• Snack on Jennifer's fresh popcorn SEA-soned with coastal kelp! 
• MORE INFO ON JENNIFER'S POWELL'S BOOK EVENT 

April 16, Wed. Lake Forest Park, Washington

• THIRD PLACE BOOKS / Lake Forest Park
• 17171 Bothell Way NE, #A101, Lake Forest Park WA 98155
• Slide-talk & Book Signing: "Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide" 
• Time: 7:00-8:00 pm  
• Co-sponsor North Cascades Institute / "Nature of Writing Series"
• Snack on Jennifer's fresh popcorn SEA-soned with coastal kelp! 
• https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/jennifer-hahn

SOOKE Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Jennifer is embarking on a MA degree in Environmental Studies at Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University! She is researching contaminant levels in Salish Sea seaweeds. Working with Washington Tribes and British Columbia First Nations to select beach sites and harvest seaweeds, she is checking both "pop weed" (Fucus) and bull kelp (Nereocystis). The Salish Sea Seaweed Garden has been a source of food for 1000s of years. As people return to traditional foods, it is essential they know if the foods are contaminated by chemical pollutants. Stay tuned! Results will be analyzed in the Winter/Spring of 2016. Oceans of thanks to UC Davis/Sea Doc Society (the generous funders) and the Border Policy Research Institute at WWU (also a wonderful funder), and the many First Nation and Washington Tribes who have generously contributed scientists, boat drivers, boats and their vast knowledge of the Salish Sea! Raised kayak paddles to Shannon Point Marine Center and staff for their kind lab support and giant freezer!

"Hy'Shqa" 
(Coast Salish for "blessing" or "thank you)

WILD EDIBLES FROM LAND TO SEA, LOPEZ IS, WA June 5-7, 2015

EAT ON THE WILD SIDE!

Here in Northwest Washington, 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 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, 65 recipes from award-winning chefs, field notes, photos and illustrations and detailed sustainable harvesting guidelines.

On Saturday, we’ll explore the “intertidal table” and identify, harvest and process delicious sea vegetables. You’ll learn culinary, medicinal and First Nation traditional uses of the most nutritious veggies on the planet. Sample 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.

Watch a video of Jennifer wildharvesting in action at 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:  $235.00

SCHOLARSHIPS of 50% off for students with valid ID; low-income participants, teachers are also encouraged to apply for scholarships. 

PH (360) 854-2599  

nci@ncasades.org

LINK FOR CLASS: http://ncascades.org/signup/programs/wild-edibles

PROGRAM SERIES	Field Excursions
WHEN	Jun 05, 2015 06:00 PM to Jun 07, 2015 04:00 PM
WHERE	Lopez Island
INSTRUCTORS	Jennifer Hahn
CLASS TUITION	$235.00
CLOCK HOURS	12.0
ADD IT TO YOUR CALENDAR	vCal  iCal

JUNE 6 THUR, 6:00 PM

WHERE THE WILD FOODS ARE!
A delicious slideshow / lecture on wild foods of the Cascadian Range and Salish Sea! Come learn about the bountiful food at your feet--the superfood sea veggies, a forest of mushroom flavors--such as the delectable OYSTER MUSHROOM,* fern fiddleheads (akin to artichoke!), wild and weedy greens such as mineral-rich nettle, lemony purslane and juicy chickweed--and the flute-song of the Swainson's Thrush--that sings the salmon berries to ripeness--according to Salish lore. Taste Nettle-hazelnut PESTO and Chocolate Ocean Pudding! Book signing afterward.

WHERE: FERNDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY
ADDRESS: 2007 Cherry St, Ferndale, WA 98248
INFO: PH (360) 384-3647

*FORAGER'S HEADS UP: 
Literally, LOOK UP for dead alder trunks with shelves of white cascading mushrooms! This May-June in the North Cascades, we've seen an eye-poppin' FLUSH of OYSTER MUSHROOMS! Some dead alders have 20 feet of delicious mushrooms! Come learn to identify this lovely culinary treat. At home we've been making beer-batter oyster mushrooms; oyster mushroom and wild rice; pizza with oyster mushrooms, asparagus, carmalized onions and truffle aioli (Delicious thanks for the pizza recipe in PACIFIC FEAST by Chef / Co-owner Peter at Folie Douce in Arcata, CA. www.foliedoucearcata.com/)

SNEAK PREVIEW to WILD TALKS & TRIPS!

FOR MORE WILD TRIPS CHECK OUT OUR "TRIPS PAGE"

MAY 29, 2013
SEAWEED ID, HARVEST & COOKING 
Sponsor: NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE
2522 Kwina Rd, Bellingham, WA 

A half-day lesson in SUSTAINABLE beach-side sea veggie 
harvesting followed by a Culinary Class in the Community Kitchen

on Seaweed Cooking...topped off with a fabulous 3-course FEAST

with Vanessa Cooper and Jennifer Hahn.

To Register: (Sorry -- SOLD OUT)

JULY 21-26   & 
JULY 28-Aug 2, 2013

TASTE OF ALASKA

6-day GLACIER BAY, ALASKA

Small-ship Cruise aboard M.V. SEAWOLF—a luxury small ship w/ fleet of sea kayaks! National Geographic noted SEA WOLF ADVENTURE trips one of the top 50 trips in the world! Our chef, Laura Cowan and naturalist/guide, Jennifer Hahn, will prepare wild dishes throughout the trip made from delicious foods we harvest including wild berries,  sea vegetables, sea urchins, beach greens and more as we kayak among whales, otters, icebergs and the unsurpassed beauty of Glacier Bay and Icy Strait. Cozy staterooms and salon; dining with a 180-ocean view. (No kayak experience necessary--a sense of adventure).
MORE INFO: www.seawolfadventures.net/



AUGUST 4-9  &
AUGUST 11-16, 2013

6-day GLACIER BAY ALASKA EXPLORATION by Kayak & Mothership--the historic & classic M.V. SEAWOLF 

Small-ship Cruise aboard M.V. SEAWOLF—a luxury small ship w/ fleet of sea kayaks. (No kayak experience necessary--just a sense of adventure). National Geographic noted SEA WOLF ADVENTURE trips in Glacier Bay as one of the top 50 trips in the world! We'll hike on bear trails, explore a tide-water glacier up-close on foot (by overland hike), and kayak among whales, otters, icebergs and the unsurpassed beauty of Glacier Bay and Icy Strait. SEAWOLF brings together a crew that will nurture you with deck-side decadent meals prepared by Chef Laura Cowan. Our captain will find us scenic anchorages each night (although the sun won't set until late...so you can watch for bears and wolves along shore). This is a trip of a life time!  

MORE INFO: www.seawolfadventures.net/

WILD FOOD EVENTS in WA STATE!

May 23, Thur
Port Townsend, WA
Wild Food Foraging & Cuisine:
A Slide/Lecture/Book Signing & Wild Food Sampler!
Sponsor: JEFFERSON LAND TRUST
Open to Public (suggested donation $5-10)
Where: Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
2333 San Juan Ave, Port Townsend, WA
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm


KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
-- A PLACE AT THE TABLE!
KCLS is launching a new adult programming series called A Place at the Table. This series involves addressing food in all of its iterations, including: growing food, cooking, preserving, nutrition and health, food in cinema, food in art, and, of course, food in books/literature. JENNIFER will be part of the wild table at Bothell & North Bend Libraries -- 

June 4, Tue
Bothell, WA
Wild Food Foraging & Cuisine:
A Slide/Lecture/Book Signing & Wild Food Sampler!
Where: City of Bothell / King County Library
  18215 98th Ave NE, Bothell, WA 98011
Time: 7:00
FREE
Contact: Kirstie Cameroon, PH (425) 486-7811

June 5, Wed
North Bend, WA
Wild Food Foraging & Cuisine:
A Slide/Lecture/Book Signing & Wild Food Sampler!
Where: North Bend Library / King County Library System
  115 E. 4th, North Bend, WA 98045
Time: 7:00
FREE
Contact: Kirsten Erickson, PH (425) 888-0554

June 8, Sat
Deming, WA
Wild Food Foraging & Cuisine:
A Slide/Lecture/Book Signing & Wild Food Sampler!
Where: Deming Library
  5044 Mt. Baker Hwy., Deming, WA
Time: 7:00
FREE
Contact: Deming Library, PH (360) 592-2422

FEB 2, 7 PM. PACIFIC FEAST: UNIV. WA. HORTICULTURAL CENTER, SEATTLE

Wild Food Foraging and Cuisine!
PACIFIC FEAST lecture/slideshow/wild bites!

WHEN:  Groundhog Day, Thur, February 2, 2012, 7 PM 
WHERE: UW Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle.

SPONSOR: Central Sound Ch, WA Native Plant Society
OPEN TO PUBLIC & FREE! 
*Note:  program begins at 7:30 PM after Chapter announcements.

PROGRAM:
    When it comes to eating within your own foodshed, wild foraging is as local as it gets. Come explore 50-plus common edible native plants from mountain to sea--with award-winning author and naturalist, Jennifer Hahn. Jennifer will share slides and stories from her new book PACIFIC FEAST: A Cook’s Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine. Discover a host of delicious and nutritious wild and weedy greens, trees, ferns, berries, flowers, mushrooms, sea veggies and shellfish that thrive along the Pacific Coast. Enjoy a refreshing blend of natural history, First Nation uses, personal anecdotes, nutrition, I.D. "field notes,” sustainable foraging guidelines, 65 recipes from top Northwest chefs, and samples. Book
sales and signing after the presentation.


More Info: Linda Ellis
Office and Program Assistant
Washington Native Plant Society
6310 NE 74th St., Ste. 215E
Seattle, WA  98115
(206) 527-3210lindaellis@wnps.org