Fat of the Land: Mushrooms, Salmon & X-Rated Clams with Langdon Cook— WildFed Podcast #056
In this episode:
Langdon Cook | Wild Food Author, Instructor & Lecturer
Podcast discussion:
Introducing Langdon — his journey into wild foods and writing
X-rated clams
Fall mushroom hunting on the west coast
Langdon's book, Fat of the Land
The underground world of mushroom hunters
Current status of mushroom conservation & the future of mushroom foraging
The important history of wild salmon
Salmon culture on the west coast
The plight of the salmon
Relationship to and stewardship of the land
Where to find Langdon's work
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Episode Resources:
Langdon on Instagram @langdoncook
Langdon’s books:
Meet Langdon Cook
Langdon Cook is a writer, instructor, and lecturer on wild foods and the outdoors. His books include Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table (Ballantine, May 2017), a finalist for the Washington State Book Award, The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America, winner of the 2014 Pacific Northwest Book Award, and Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager, which The Seattle Times called “lyrical, practical and quixotic.” Cook’s work has been nominated for two James Beard Awards, a Society of Environmental Journalists award, and a Pushcart Prize. He has been profiled in Bon Appetit, WSJ magazine, Whole Living, and Salon.com, and his writing appears in numerous magazines, newspapers, and online journals, including National Geographic Traveler, Eating Well, Outside, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and Seattle Magazine, where he was a regular columnist for a decade. On-screen credits include the PBS TV series “Food Forward,” the Travel Channel’s “Trip Flip,” and the webcast “The Perennial Plate.” He has also been the recipient of grants and awards from Artist Trust, 4Culture, PEN Northwest, and the Bread Loaf Writing Conference. A graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont (BA) and the University of Washington (MFA), Cook lives in Seattle with his wife, poet Martha Silano, and their two children.
Website | Instagram @langdoncook