Pinch of Dirt

Pinch of Dirt

Hell to get into

May 08, 2017
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I'm still a bit tuckered from foraging with "Wildman" Steve Brill in Forest Park, Queens yesterday. (Although if we're being honest it's probably more from the 90s dance party I went to at the Bell House last night.) Over the course of four hours we learned how to spot wild carrot; sassafras, the root used in root beer; violets, which have mild-tasting …

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