Author Langdon Cook has been leading foraging expeditions for more than 30 years in the Pacific Northwest. We learn about foraging mountains to sound, in the wild and in our own backyard on this episode of the Umami Podcast: everything from clams, to nettles, to morels and chanterelles.

The Umami Podcast is about examining our food selves—how what we consume is an essential expression of who we are--personally, culturally, and civically. But the subject of food is daunting: Iit’s different for every person, many of us never had the privilege of feeling nourished by or connected to it, and some of us are downright alienated by it.

Part of getting to know our food selves is to examine what grows around us. There is empowerment in learning about how nature continues to nourishes us; how we benefit most by working in concert with its rhythms.

As such, Langdon has written, taught, and led expeditions focused on learning about the wild foods around us in the Pacific Northwest. On this episode we touch on more than 20 foods in the wild, like salmon, mushrooms, seaweeds, clams, and nuts, to those in our backyards, like berries, nuts, and weeds. As Langdon put it:

More information on Langdon's events and classes: https://langdoncook.com/events/

Langdon's books: Fat of the Land, Upstream, The Mushroom Hunters