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ForageSF blog

Field notes, recipes, and wild food guides.

Mushrooms, seaweed, sourgrass, edible weeds, Bay Area food history, and the occasional dispatch from farther afield.

Wild mushrooms gathered on a table
Mushrooms
Seaweed and coastal forage from ForageSF
Coast
Edible plants from a ForageSF walk
Plants

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A few useful entries before you fall into the deeper archive.

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The blog is a field guide, recipe box, and archive of old ForageSF curiosities.

Latest notes.

Recent posts from the captured blog, cleaned up into a calmer reading grid.

Dispatch / May 3, 2026

From Forage Bali: The Wealthy Morning

A short field note from the Forage Bali side of the archive.

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Dispatch / May 3, 2026

From Forage Bali: Woman as a Hand of Culture

A travel and food-culture dispatch from the wider Forage world.

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Dispatch / May 3, 2026

From Forage Bali: One Perfect Day in the Rice Fields

A rice-field note that keeps the blog feeling personal and observant.

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Mushrooms / September 5, 2025

Baby Shiitakes (Organically Grown): A Flavorful and Nutritious Delight

Tender cultivated shiitakes, simple cooking context, and a good mushroom rabbit hole.

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Mushrooms / July 30, 2025

Abalone Mushrooms (Cultivated - California):

A meaty cultivated mushroom with texture, cooking notes, and a few ways to treat it well.

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Recipe / February 16, 2025

Sourgrass Chicken and Dumplings Soup

Comfort food with sourgrass brightness folded into a familiar soup.

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Recipe / February 12, 2025

Sourgrass Clam Chowder

A coastal chowder entry that connects the recipe archive back to sea and shore.

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Recipe / February 8, 2025

Sourgrass Pumpkin Soup

A warm seasonal soup built around pumpkin, spice, and the tang of sourgrass.

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Recipe / February 3, 2025

Sourgrass Bean Soup

A simple bean soup from the sourgrass recipe run.

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Deep archive.

Older guides and recipes that are still useful entry points.

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