Wild Food Expert John Kallas Appearing In Ridgefield - 5.9.2010

Picking Dinner

Expert on foraging for wild plants to speak in Ridgefield on Sunday

By Erin Middlewood
Columbian staff writer

John Kallas, who will speak in Ridgefield on Sunday about wild foods, gives out recipes reluctantly.

Kallas, director of Wild Food Adventures in Portland, wants people to forage for new foods and explore ways of preparing them, not lean on recipes.

Nonetheless, his forthcoming book, “Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate,” does include some recipes, as well as nutrition information — if only to show people that it is possible to prepare wild foods and benefit from them.

Read the entire article at the Columbian website.