Foraging Archives

Pining for Green Piñon Cone Syrup

Jul 21, 2026 | Foraging, Late Summer 2026

This recipe for mugolio, made from foraged green pine cones, first calls for getting to know the interwoven lives of the Southwest’s juniper-piñon forests.

Late Summer 2026: Lunch

Jul 1, 2026 | Late Summer 2026

Wherever you eat lunch and however much time you can take on it, we hope that it nourishes you—and that these stories do, too.

Nocino

Jun 3, 2026 | Cocktails, Drink, Early Summer 2026, Foraging

For those who can’t make it to Italy, trusted forager Ellen Zachos suggests an antidote: harvesting local walnuts to make inky-black nocino.

The Art of Sourcing Locally

Mar 18, 2025 | Eat, Foodshed, Spring 2025

Lynn Cline digs into the art of local sourcing, talking with a few northern New Mexico chefs and restaurateurs who take their ingredients quite seriously.

Mushroom Foraging in the Winter?

Nov 6, 2024 | Early Winter 2024, Foraging

What’s a mushroom-loving forager to do when the monsoon season is long past? Hunt for cold-weather mushrooms, of course.

SPRING GREENS FRITTERS

Mar 19, 2024 | Foraging, Recipes, Spring 2024

Ellen Zachos shares a recipe for “Spring Greens Fritters” that you can adapt to whatever greens you have on hand.

A Wild Dish from Holy Ghost Creek

Mar 19, 2024 | Foodshed, Foraging, Spring 2024

We follow Ellen Zachos up Holy Ghost Creek, where she guides us in foraging for early spring greens.

Spring 2024: Mountains & Creeks

Mar 1, 2024 | Spring 2024

This issue of edible New Mexico is devoted to life in the mountains, to the place-based ways to tend our lands and forests through whatever comes.

Noshing on Naturalized Plants in the Four Corners

Aug 15, 2023 | Foraging, Late Summer 2023, Recipes

Forager Anna Marija Helt challenges us to view invasive plant species like Siberian elm, Russian olive, and common mallow as occasions for learning and culinary use.