What mushrooms should be poking their heads up for you to collect this April?  Spring grows only a handful of wild edible mushroom species. I've found meaty oyster mushrooms growing on cottonwood stumps, turkey tails, witches butter for a quick forest nibble and soon I'm sure I'll find some morels!  Keep your eyes to the stumps as some spring mushrooms are saprophytic meaning they only grow on dead wood; chicken of the woods, oyster mushrooms, witches butter and turkey tail.

Morel Mushroom Feast

Chef Bruno Feldeisen (Michelin starred chef and judge on TV's "The great Canadian bake off") and my Swallow Tail team will be cooking up a six course supper to celebrate spring mushroom season. Morels are the king of spring mushrooms, with an earthy, meaty flavour and a firm texture.  We'll be stuffing them, frying them and baking them to make them even more delicious.  

Dinner Details:

Members (like you) get first dibs on tickets to our popups at chef Robin's home kitchen, BYOB (wine pairing list available upon request) and meet some more mushroom loving friends at the long table. These tickets sell out fast, so grab a seat before they're gone!

One date only on May 10th, 6:30pm, at a secret location in Mount Pleasant, 6 Courses + greeting cocktail - 150

Coastal Foraging Retreat with Chef Robin

Hollyhock, Cortes Island, May 8-12  

Come learn to harvest + prepare wild food with Chef Robin Kort alongside a small group of students on Cortes Island.   We may be able to dig for native littleneck and butter clams, hand harvest nori  and other wild seaweeds, pick wild edible flowers, sea snails, mushrooms, maple blossoms, nettles, you'll learn about whatever nature provides.  I'll cover how to safely, ethically harvest and cook many of the wild coastal bounty of BC. Lodging at Hollyhock and all your meals are included in the event and there are only a few tickets left!

Clam Dig & Cookout!

Come dig some clams and eat with our chef team at Birch Bay for our annual clam cookout!  The low tides on April 27+28th are the perfect dates to learn how to properly dig for all sorts of clams with our fishing experts like Ficus Chan owner of Crab Bellingham + 5 local chefs including myself.  Chefs will be shucking and smoking clams over on the fire for your enjoyment!  A tasting of different clam dishes is included in your clam digging class.