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Abbie Rosner's Culinary Notebook from Northern Israel
Browsing All posts tagged under »edible wild plants«
Green Anew
How does one mark the arrival of spring when the entire winter is full of flowers? With more flowers for one thing, and the late-night fragrance of citrus blossoms teasing into my bedroom window. But there are other reminders that, over the thousands of years when survival for the people living in the Galilee was […]
Winter in Eden
March 1, 2013
In my last post, I talked about the “hakura” – the Arabic term for a kitchen garden next to the home, which was once traditional in rural Arab villages in the Galilee (and is, like so many other such traditions, becoming a thing of the past). Now I’d like to report on our own hakura, […]
What You See
January 5, 2013
A few days ago, Balkees and I spent the day with a journalist from Israel’s top food magazine, as she prepared an article about the edible wild plants that are now in season. We started the morning in the village that Balkees grew up in, tromping through the lush greenery in the vast field behind […]
Chicory Comes of Age
May 15, 2012
In a recent post, I wrote about my coming of age as a forager, marked by my ability to recognize wild chicory. Now I thought it would be interesting to show what happens when chicory comes of age. It’s late spring and the edible wild plants have pretty much closed up shop, shedding their tender […]
A Bitter Coming of Age
February 20, 2012
This winter has been the occasion of my foraging coming of age. I’ve been gathering edible wild plants in the hills, fields and empty lots around my home for a number of years now. At first, I could identify only the most distinctively shaped plants, and my gathering repertoire was limited to wild asparagus and […]
Ducks Foot in My Own Front Yard
February 4, 2012
There are times you need look no further than your own front yard. At this point in our exceptionally rainy winter, my own front yard is a virtual jungle of wild growth. In the flower department, there are pale, fragrant cyclamens, cheerful crimson anemones and tiny yellow daisy/dandelions. And then there is tangled tapestry of […]
Wild Asparagus Yet Again
January 19, 2012
*This post was written a day before the Hannukah miracle occurred and usurped it’s posting. So here it is, a little late but hopefully still fresh…. Once again, the wild asparagus season is here. How many times have I written about this moment? And why is it that year after year, I never tire of […]
Elsaina
March 10, 2011
I wait all year for the months of January, February and March – the rainy days with their dramatic skies and the sunshine that can actually be enjoyed. And of course, the green! Every spare patch of earth is bursting with some kind of eager plant-life. And so much of it is even edible. That […]
The State of Foraging – Winter 2010
December 26, 2010
This winter started off on the left foot – first there were an endless string of hot dry days that lingered through December. Then came the disastrous Carmel fire. And then while the embers were still smoldering, came the first real winter storm – 3 days of torrential rain. I couldn’t even begrudge the 26 […]
A Foraging Celebration
January 20, 2010
Yet another rainy day and we can’t believe our good fortune – this has been the wettest winter for years and the landscape is celebrating. The hills are lush and bright with wild flowers. And of course, for foragers, there is a bounty of edible wild plants to pick. We started the wild asparagus season […]
March 21, 2013
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