Edible Flowers To Forage In May Driving around rural Pennsylvania in late May its hard not to notice dense clusters of purple and white flowers popping up everywhere known as Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis). While its beautiful blooms might lead you to believe its a native wildflower, Dame’s Rocket is actually an invasive, noxious weed. …
A Pleasingly Painful Tradition Every year, we make an annual trip to Cape May over Memorial Day with my wife’s family. One of our favorite traditions is to visit Exit Zero for some fiery curry. The first time we went there it was Exit Zero Cookhouse and it was only a curry-focused restaurant. Most of …
Identifying, Harvesting, and Eating Fiddlehead Ferns Until today, every day of my 33 years on earth have been spent unaware that the ferns in my parent’s backyard in Pennsylvania were a prized choice edible. Fiddlehead ferns are the most delicious thing I’ve ever foraged. They are also the first plant or mushroom I foraged where …
OK, GOOGLE. “WHAT IS A FURLOUGH?” It’s 10:30 AM on Friday, March 17, 2020. The marketing team at Penn National Gaming is called together. This rarely happens. Our last two weeks were spent closing our 34 casinos across the United States to reduce the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. News sites wrote about casino operator …