Kayte Young

4 weeks ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Kayte Young

“Cooking came to me a little bit later in life. Holidays in my family were always a really big deal, especially around the meals. The meals were the most important part of the holiday gathering. And I was pretty much the least useful person in the kitchen. It wasn’t until–even into my mid twenties, at Thanksgiving time, my mom would be like, ‘Mark, you can take the premade Parkerhouse rolls out of the freezer and put them in the oven.

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Kayte Young

From WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana, I'm Kayte Young, and this is Earth Eats. 00:00:11:19 Rose HardingI've been mushroom hunting before, and you'll, like, kind of squat down and look in between all of the low plants and then you move to the other side and you look on the other side. And all of a sudden, you see, like, four and they're right there. Kayte Young This week, it's part three of our special series Earth Eats Eats Wild. A nine-part seasonal special all about foraging for wild food.

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Kayte Young

From WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana, I'm Kayte Young, and this is Earth Eats. Stephanie Solomon She introduced me to Susun Weed's books, and chickweed is in one of the herbal healing books. And it's talked about as this star shaped plant that kind of dances, like that that's its energy.

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Kayte Young

I have purple deadnettle all over my yard. It is a weed with shallow roots, so it’s not too difficult to remove from a garden bed—in other words, I don’t have anything against it. But I didn’t know it was edible until I read about it in a newsletter from The Wild Grocery. They offered a recipe for purple deadnettle brown butter, and they shared a link to a recipe for purple deadnettle deviled eggs. That recipe is from The Intrepid Eater blog, and I used it as a jumping off point for this recipe.

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Kayte Young

From WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana, I'm Kate Young, and this is Earth Eats. 00:00:10:04 Monique Philpot And you're stepping into, you know, sinking, really, into this clay that's surrounding your feet. And there's also some sticks in there, and, you know, there's bugs and spiders on the water. 00:00:23:04 Kayte Young This week on the show, we kick off the Earth Eats, Eats Wild special series, all about foraging and wild edibles.