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Capturing the collection & culinary uses of foraged wild foods in Aotearoa New Zealand, following a one-third foraging ethos (forage one-third for yourself, leave one-third for nature and another one-third for others).

Fig foraging - abundant this season, especially if you know of someone who is happy to climb trees!
05/04/2026

Fig foraging - abundant this season, especially if you know of someone who is happy to climb trees!

We were so privileged to be asked to guide who we perceive as Britain's number one forager, Fern Freud, .by.fern, on a f...
27/02/2026

We were so privileged to be asked to guide who we perceive as Britain's number one forager, Fern Freud, .by.fern, on a foraging tour around Whakaraupō. We connected straight away and had the most beautiful day sharing knowledge and having lots of laughs. Fern is genuinely connected to nature, humble, and has an admirable knowledge base in so many facets of foraging, from species' identification, to conservation and philosophy. Thank you Peter for fishing and kānuka hot-smoking the delectable high country rainbow trout the day before, and to Fern for such a memorable experience 🌿

and in the dehydrator for stock powder and to add to seasonings
01/02/2026

and in the dehydrator for stock powder and to add to seasonings

Our first birchies for the season
25/01/2026

Our first birchies for the season

Sending my son in amongst the Muehlenbeckia to forage some banana passionfruit for delicious curd 💛
24/01/2026

Sending my son in amongst the Muehlenbeckia to forage some banana passionfruit for delicious curd 💛

Recent weeks for porcini in Ōtautahi
17/01/2026

Recent weeks for porcini in Ōtautahi

The kind kererū shared her cherry plums 💛🤍💜
28/12/2025

The kind kererū shared her cherry plums 💛🤍💜

Alpine strawberry, rhubarb & Vietnamese mint fermented fizz 🍓🍃🧋
26/12/2025

Alpine strawberry, rhubarb & Vietnamese mint fermented fizz 🍓🍃🧋

Linden flower tea (Tilia spp.) - so easy! A sweet, floral herbal tea with anti-anxiety and digestive aid effects. Sun dr...
21/12/2025

Linden flower tea (Tilia spp.) - so easy! A sweet, floral herbal tea with anti-anxiety and digestive aid effects. Sun dry a branch of flowers/bracts upside down, which looks very decorative hanging in any sunny window. When you feel like a cuppa, pull off a handful of dried flowers & bracts per cup and steep in boiling water for 5 minutes. No need to add sweetener 🌼 The young Linden leaves from the suckers at the base of the tree can also be used as a lettuce substitue - look out for the reddish tinged, almost translucent leaves which are sweet and succulent 🍃

Tawaka squished between two trunks on hoheria lacebark - left me with dark brown, chocolatey fingers extracting them 🤎 D...
03/12/2025

Tawaka squished between two trunks on hoheria lacebark - left me with dark brown, chocolatey fingers extracting them 🤎 Delicious with a spray of olive oil, garlic, some portobellos foraged from the greengrocer, roadside stall spring onions & wild thyme

Love elderflower cordial, but not the sugar content? Dehydrate elderflower now - in most areas in Aotearoa, the full pol...
21/11/2025

Love elderflower cordial, but not the sugar content? Dehydrate elderflower now - in most areas in Aotearoa, the full pollen season will only last another two weeks or so. Rehydrate flowers (stripped from stems) in boiling filtered water for 5-10 minutes, strain, then add a squeeze of NZ honey and some organic lemon or lime juice. Top with sparkling water and ice, garnish with a sprinkle of dried elderflowers. Add gin or vodka for a sophisticated cocktail 🍹

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