These blog posts are not meant to be used to identify plants to eat, they are meant for educational purposes to learn about different wild foods used by people who are able to identify them. If you are interested in learning how to forage your own wild foods, you need to learn as much asContinue reading “Wild Foods: Staghorn Sumac”
Author Archives: Matt Ensminger
Wild Foods: Spruce Trees
These blog posts are not meant to be used to identify plants to eat, they are meant for educational purposes to learn about different wild foods used by people who are able to identify them. If you are interested in learning how to forage your own wild foods, you need to learn as much asContinue reading “Wild Foods: Spruce Trees”
Wild Foods: Mulberries
In this new series of blog posts, I will be discussing different foods that are available to be foraged in the wild and aren’t commonly cultivated or available in most grocery stores. In this series I will go over the cultural significance of these foods, what part is eaten and share different ways in whichContinue reading “Wild Foods: Mulberries”
Community-Based Food Systems: A Benefit or a Detriment?
Walk into your local grocery store, what do you see? Aisles and aisles of food, the option to eat anything you could ever want. This is a relatively new experience in our existence, many people see this abundance as a positive thing. We no longer have to go out and forage or hunt food forContinue reading “Community-Based Food Systems: A Benefit or a Detriment?”
Regional Foods: Booyah Stew
In mid-October, I went on a solo camping trip to the far Northern part of Wisconsin. I saw that the area was expecting some snow during the time period that I had booked but, as it was still early in the fall, I expected light flurries at the most. During my first night there IContinue reading “Regional Foods: Booyah Stew”
Medicinal Foods: Tea
How many of you have had tea? If I had to guess, I would say that all of you have at least tried tea of some sort. Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world after water and is one of the oldest beverages in the world, having been consumed for thousands of years.Continue reading “Medicinal Foods: Tea”
The Restaurants of the Future: Community and Sustainability Focused
Over the past year since my last blog post, I’ve quit my old job, tried to make a living off of my writing, failed. Worked as a Doordash Driver and home cook, and finally started a new job as a Front of House Manager at a casual/fine dining sushi restaurant. In this time, I’ve beenContinue reading “The Restaurants of the Future: Community and Sustainability Focused”
Life and Blog Updates
Hey everyone! I haven’t posted in quite some time now. I’ve had an extremely busy past year and was struggling to find the motivation to write amongst everything else that was going on. But nonetheless, I apologize for the lack of content. I’m planning on posting more frequently now and hopefully bringing in some freshContinue reading “Life and Blog Updates”
Medicinal Foods: Mushrooms
When thinking about foods that act as medicine, mushrooms are one of the most prominent throughout history. Mushrooms have been used to treat many kinds of diseases and ailments, and are still being used today in many modern medicines. Today, they are being studied to isolate specific chemicals produced in certain species that help withContinue reading “Medicinal Foods: Mushrooms”
When Food Becomes Medicine
Growing up as the son of an internal medicine physician, I would always hear of the importance of medicine. How not taking your prescribed medicine or taking too much of your prescribed medicine was bad for you. I was taught the vital importance of medicine, but also to make sure to understand the reason IContinue reading “When Food Becomes Medicine”
The Cultural Chef 