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Central Park is a great place for wild foods any time of the year, and middle-summer is no exception. Wild fruits and berries dot the park. We'll be hunting for flavorful black cherries, and European cut-leaf blackberries, all superb fruits. And the wineberries (an Asian species of raspberry), will be at their peak. Try using them to make a sherbet, and you won't be disappointed. |
 Black Cherries This native species provides a bittersweet fruit with an intense cherry-grapefruit flavor, great for pies, jams, and ice cream. |
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Wild greens always thrive in the park. We'll find lamb's-quarters (a wild spinach), purslane, sheep sorrel, wood sorrel, poor man's pepper, lady's thumb, and Asiatic dayflower, all delicious wild greens. In addition, there will be culinary and medicinal herbs such as wild bay leaves, epazote (essential in Mexican cuisine), spicebush leaves, and sassafras. Central Park is also the top park for the world's best caffeine-free coffee substitute, which you make from the seeds of the Kentucky coffee-tree. Gourmet wild mushrooms pop up in Central Park after it rains. On this tour, we'll hunt for gigantic chicken mushrooms, brittle russulas, and prized bolete mushrooms. |
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The 4-hour walking tour begins at 11:45 AM, Sunday, July 11, at Central Park West and West 103rd St.
Call (914) 835-2153 at least 24 hours ahead to reserve a place. |
