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DAY 29 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 29 @wildbiomeproject Red spiderling roots (Boerhavia diffusa) are so delicious - great texture and as a rasayana (longevity) herb used in over 30 Ayurvedic formulas quite potent indeed. Invasive, and…
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DAY 28 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 27 & 28 @wildbiomeproject Yup, I ate eyeballs and all. Another pan fried taape, with wild lettuce & wild amaranth greens, pōpolo berries, and wood sorrel flowers. So, yesterday was tough food wise but joyful…
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DAY 25 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 25 @wildbiomeproject Wild boar roast with inkberry leaves, capiçoba greens, and wood sorrel greens sautéed in coconut oil, java plum vinegar, couple turns of the grinder with Christmas berry & Peruvian pepper tree, and…
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DAY 24 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 24 @wildbiomeproject Wanted to try making something like chia pudding using wild basil seeds and coconut milk. Took 2 full movies on Netflix to process 1 tbsp, so I think this was a once-in-a-lifetime dish! Scored some feral mangos…
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DAY 20 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

Well, day 20 it is of the Wildbiome Project! River prawns with roasted kukui nut (Aleurites moluccanus), feral avocado, tropical chickweed (Drymaria cordata), oriental or false hawksbeard, honohono grass (Commelina diffusa), wild…
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DAY 11 Wildbiome Project Hawaii

DAY 11 @wildbiomeproject : Camping trip with my son and his bestie had them reeling in lots of fish that we cooked over the campfire. We ate moana (Paruoeneus multifasciatus), aha (Strongylura gigantea ), taape, and toao (Lutjanus fulvus)…
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DAY 10 Wildbiome Project Hawaii

DAY 10 @wildbiomeproject Started with some Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) and kāhili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) flower tea that was lovely. Then, on to slow simmered banana poka and guava juice with kiawe tea and tamarind…
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DAY 6 Wildbiome Project Hawaii

Day 6 @wildbiomeproject had me delighting in this simple dish of invasive Tahitian prawns we caught in the river with Chinese violet greens and flowers in coconut milk, plus salt. Lunch/Dinner was weke (Mulloides flavolineatus) my son…
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DAY 3 Wildbiome Project Hawaii

Day 3 @wildbiomeproject : I started today with some slices of last nights venison. Then on to kiawe tea poached loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) with coconut cream and beach almonds (Terminalia catappa) on top. I’ll continue to cite scientific…
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DAY 1 Wildbiome Project Hawaii

And so it begins, 1 month of eating only 100% wild foods here in Hawaii! Day 1 Breakfast : palm grass seeds (Setaria palmifolia) boiled 20 minutes, frozen sea grapes (Coccoloba uvifera), fresh coconut milk (Cocos nucifera) with tea made…
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ʻOpiuma (Pithecellobium dulce)

'Opiuma is in season, going strong, and will continue to be in season for the coming couple of months! This invasive species is typically found in our dryland areas of Hawai'i but, as many areas that are typically more wet become more dry, the…
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Maui Eat Local Challenge 2023

Hard to believe it's been 10 years that I've participated in the Maui Eat Local Challenge. I remember when we started there was no locally available olive oil, cultivated gourmet mushrooms, cashews, skyr, or black pepper. A few people on the…