In Foraging We Trust

To be honest, before I started working here at the farm I had never heard of the term "foraging" so I had to do my homework and quickly figured it all out. Foraging is simply the act of looking or searching for food or provisions. Thank you Jesus for the World Wide Web. Apparently foraging is quite a skill and there is definitely an art to doing it well. I asked some of our foragers in Central California to send me a video from the field while they are on the hunt but I am still waiting on the media. So instead check out this Youtube of this friendly dude foraging chanterelles. Our yellow chanterelles are currently out of season but we sure do miss them.

The Tasting Kitchen

Today we dropped off a variety of mushrooms to the Tasting Kitchen which is located on the ever busy blvd known as Abbot Kinney. Chef, Casey Lane is currently featuring our porcini and pioppini mushrooms in an off menu dish that combines Wagyu sirloin, black truffle conserva, red onions and bread crumbs. Sounds just wonderful. I need to make a habit of eating before I start doing research on these food blogs because now I'm ready for some grub.

I feel like you can't just write about wonderful food and not post photos to go along with it. So here is another dish on the tasting menu that includes scallops, parsnip puree, chantrelles and maitake mushrooms.