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Have you ever picked Osoberry? A native berry found at the coast and near forest edges in Vancouver. They taste like ripe cherries and cedar but with a cucumber aftertaste, sort of sweet and savoury. They are truly unique in flavour and are best made into a shrub/drinking vinegar. A super popular drink nowadays, you mix equal parts by weight of vinegar, sugar and ripe fruit. Add
some rosemary or peppercorns to give interest to the final bouquet and add soda or Prosecco to finish for a summer cocktail. Here's my recipe for an osoberry drinking vinegar, you can substitute ripe apricots or cherries if you can't find osoberries.
SWALLOW TAIL
Foraging Education & Culinary Events
UPDATE: We have 3 online foraging trips and our outside trips are open now as well. Details below...
Summer Foraging Trips
Only 5 tickets left! Aug 29th
Our wild edibles walking tour is ON! Yay! Learn about native berries, shoots, leaves and edible trees of BC. Of course, we will be social distancing and outside in the fresh air. Come out and learn about how to safely identify edible wild plants of BC. More info...
EDIBLE FLOWERS
Chef Robin's recipe ideas and identification tips for wildflowers like starflower, nootka rose and lavender. Planting these in your garden is good for your karma as the bees really need your help and love them.
EAT HEALTHY SUMMIT
I'm participating as a foraging educator at the Eat Healthy Summit this year. It's free and I encourage y'all to check it out. The summit is an online educational event covering all things food; foraging, nutrition, disease prevention, immune health. The speakers are really diverse; doctors, nutritionists, chefs, personal trainers, dietitians as well as professionals who coach on topics ranging
from special dietary needs, plant based eating, hormonal balancing, intermittent fasting, developing healthy habits, being lean and energetic and boosting the immune system.
MEDICINAL EDIBLES
Online Course with herbalist Lori Snyder
Our online video series featuring two hours with aboriginal herbalist, Lori Snyder, in her garden covering edible medicinal plants both native and invasive. She teaches us that food is our medicine, how to listen and get to know the plants that surround us. Learn how to identify, care for and prepare these powerful plants into simple medicines like edible
tinctures, teas and balms. She'll cover which parts of each plant to use for healing and which to leave for the bees.
Virtual Foraging Survial Trip
2 hours with foraging expert Robin Kort
A fun way learn some useful food foraging survival tips in case of emergency covering forest to seashore ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. From sustainable edible wild weeds to nutrient rich plants for survival and beach forage superfoods like
seaweeds and shellfish. Learn about any poisonous plants you should avoid and simple cooking methods for the food you find in this 2 hour video collection. I've been teaching wild foraging classes for over a decade in BC and would love to share my knowledge with you.
Virtual Trip Details:
The videos are ready! Get a 2 hour video package that you can watch anytime. The great thing about these videos is you can have them on your phone to refer to whenever you're foraging. It's like I'm in your jacket pocket:) - 45
FULL FORAGING 101 ONLINE COURSE
If you want more than one class, we have our full foraging 101 online course. In this video collection, I can show you how to safely forage for edible plants and mushrooms in all types of ecosystems; forest, meadow, river and even urban foraging in way more detail ($97 for the full program)...
SEA FORAGING TOUR
Aug 22 (Sold Out) & 30th
Learn about sea foraging at a feast on the beach
This is your chance to learn what can you catch in BC oceans without a boat. Our fishing guide will teach you how to catch Dungeness Crab and chef will discuss cooking seaweed, sea asparagus, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, clams, scallops, oysters and mussels, all while we cook you a seafood dinner or lunch on the beach. Bring
your appetite and all your questions about how to harvest from the seashore.
This is a byo beach blanket/chair experience to help us arrange for proper distancing.
GIFT CERTIFICATE
Available in any value. For our wild mushroom trips, sea foraging workshops, secret supper club or any Swallow Tail dinner featuring star chefs from around the city.
Note: a lot of our trips are outside and can be purchased as private tours.
We love our city and making fun food events in it, so see you soon!
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