Transforming Nature: The Culinary Journey of Shag Bark Hickory

I’ve been thinking that foraging – going from place to place looking for things one can eat – is a lot like the sampling and prioritizing of information gathering that neuroscientists are studying, just applied to things many of us readily dismiss as "weeds". Tama Matsuoka Wong is a finance lawyer turned professional forager. She got curious about the “weeds” around her when she moved to a fixer-upper house in northern New Jersey. She started to see them and their ecosystem differently. Now she forages for high-end chefs in Manhattan and is an advocate for thoughtful stewardship of what's naturally all around us. That struck me as a curiosity conversation worth having. Learn more about Tama Matsuoka Wong here: https://www.meadowsandmore.com Theme music by Sean Balick; “Lakeside Path" by Duck Lake, via Blue Dot Sessions.