Foraged Cocktails and Other Taboos with Nikaline Iacono — WildFed Podcast #023

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In this episode:

Nikaline Iacono | Owner of Vessel & Vine

Podcast discussion:

• Introducing Nikaline

• How Nikaline's childhood brought her to foraging as an adult

• The complex human-horse relationship

• Eugenics, breeding horses & race

• Cocktails & medicinal extractions

• What's in a Chaga Toddy?

• Making simple syrup

• Working with Sumac as a substitute for citrus

• Daisies & sours

• Why you don't want to make substitutions in cocktails

• Leading foraging walks

• Favorite wild foods to work with

• Thoughts on invasive species

• The future of Vessel & Vine

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Episode Resources: 

• Vessel & Vine

• Nikaline’s classes at Vessel & Vine

• Vessel & Vine on Facebook & Instagram @vesselandvine

• Appaloosa

• Appaloosa: The Spotted Horse in Art and History by Francis Haines

• Akhal-Teke

• Heck cattle

• Red Kill Mountain | Homestead Farms

• Chaga (Inonotus obliquus)

• Sumac

• Tops'l Farm in Maine

• Mustard plant

• Beach pea (Lathyrus japonicus)

• Lovage

• Lori McCarthy @eatitwild

• Newfoundland, Food Is Who We Are with Lori McCarthy — WildFed Podcast #011

• Kelp

• Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

• Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

• Beach rose (Rosa rugosa)

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Meet Nikaline Iacono

Photo by Heidi Kirn | Maine Women Magazine

Nikaline Iacono is the owner of Vessel & Vine, a locally-sourced bar, bistro, shop & classroom space in Brunswick, ME. She leads an ever evolving and ever rotating selection of educational (and fun) classes that revolve around the subjects of foraging, cooking, cocktail construction, and wine appreciation.

Website | Facebook | Instagram @vineandvessel