Alan Muskat (notastelikehome.org is a multi-talented ‘philosoforager’, stand-up ‘mycomedian’, and epicure of the obscure. He has been going “out to eat” for nearly twenty years and is founder of the first forage-to-table program and wild foods market in the United States.
He has authored the book “Wild Mushrooms: A Taste of Enchantment,” and popped up on The Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods,” The History Channel, PBS and CBS with articles appearing in The New Yorker, Southern Living, and Country Living and more.
For close to two decades, Alan has sold hundreds of pounds of wild foods a year to over fifty restaurants and hotels, including The Biltmore Estate, Lantern and The Grove Park Inn. Alan ranked as one of Asheville’s Top Twelve Experiences for 2012 with his indoor and outdoor wild foods programs, forage-to-table banquets, and rewilding retreats.
Learn and be entertained by Alan about the wondrous mycelial world and the abundance of wild foods available year round in nature.
This series is from the first annual Organic Growers School Harvest Conference, 2014.