Dave Odd Produce
Fresh locally foraged wild foods direct to you
Fresh locally foraged wild foods direct to you
Dave Odd is a Chicago based nature enthusiast, wildlife photographer, and forager. He also happens to be a professional stand-up comedian and owner of The Edge Comedy Club in Chicago.
In the late summer of 2009 Dave was wandering through the woods of northwest Indiana on a nature hike and came across a patch of Chanterelle mushrooms. He roasted them on the side of the trail with some beef jerky skewered on sticks. He gathered up as many as he could carry to cook up at home. A few weeks later on a quest for salamanders to photograph, he found another huge patch of Chanterelles. One thing led to another and soon Dave was in the business of selling wild mushrooms to some of Chicago's finest restaurants.
This past spring, Dave rediscovered his childhood hobby of foraging for wild edible plants and added dozens of exotic yet local options to his roster.
Just a few of the goodies Dave can gather for you as of late May are ramp bulbs, garlic scapes, spring onions, many types of mint, bergamot, marjoram, dill, nettle, oyster mushrooms, winecap mushrooms, wood sorrel, pineapple weed (wild chamomile), lilly flowers, Japanese knotweed, cattail shoots, chicory, garlic mustard, lamb's quarters, peppergrasses, sassafrass, sweet cicely, juniper berries, mulberries, tart cherries, and many other things that he happens to run across in his travels.
You can contact Dave to see what he currently has in his sites or to place an order at oddproduce@hotmail.com or you can call him at 847-409-8623.
Read about Dave on
The Chicago Sun Times
Medill News Service
The Pickled Tongue
The Tasting Table
Salty Power Chords
In the late summer of 2009 Dave was wandering through the woods of northwest Indiana on a nature hike and came across a patch of Chanterelle mushrooms. He roasted them on the side of the trail with some beef jerky skewered on sticks. He gathered up as many as he could carry to cook up at home. A few weeks later on a quest for salamanders to photograph, he found another huge patch of Chanterelles. One thing led to another and soon Dave was in the business of selling wild mushrooms to some of Chicago's finest restaurants.
This past spring, Dave rediscovered his childhood hobby of foraging for wild edible plants and added dozens of exotic yet local options to his roster.
Just a few of the goodies Dave can gather for you as of late May are ramp bulbs, garlic scapes, spring onions, many types of mint, bergamot, marjoram, dill, nettle, oyster mushrooms, winecap mushrooms, wood sorrel, pineapple weed (wild chamomile), lilly flowers, Japanese knotweed, cattail shoots, chicory, garlic mustard, lamb's quarters, peppergrasses, sassafrass, sweet cicely, juniper berries, mulberries, tart cherries, and many other things that he happens to run across in his travels.
You can contact Dave to see what he currently has in his sites or to place an order at oddproduce@hotmail.com or you can call him at 847-409-8623.
Read about Dave on
The Chicago Sun Times
Medill News Service
The Pickled Tongue
The Tasting Table
Salty Power Chords
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