Recipes From the Forest – Fall Edition - Northwest Natural Resource Group

Alexandra Dolk | Posted on August 27, 2020 | A Pacific Northwest winter can feel interminably long. Spring comes and goes in the blink of an eye. And summer here wipes away all memories of the winter.Fall brings fungi. Berries. Apples. Truffles! Foraging through a forest in the fall is a fabulous way to soothe the loss of summer and ready the spirit (and the wardrobe, and the woodpile) for winter.Delicious dishes can be made from the bounties found within our forests. Below are recipes for a few of them.Remember,always be sure of your plant and fungi identification before eating wild foods. Do not eat mushrooms you cannot positively identify—there are plenty of poisonous and toxic fungi in our forests. Feel free to substitute store-bought mushrooms for foraged ones in these recipes.The Oregon black truffle has a unique smell unto itself — apparently it smells a little different to every nose, but some describe the aroma as floral, or fruity, like chocolate, or even cheese-like.These tr...