Seafood Foraging

Gathering wild food from the sea is one of life's great pleasures, bringing you closer to nature's bounty and beauty. Walking along the seashore, wading through tide pools and listening to the ocean's rhythm is an exhilarating way to energize your life and refresh your soul. Not only will you gather wonderful delicacies from the seashore, but you will also explore a vibrant—almost paradoxical world of elegant colors and mysterious creatures.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/e/c/f/event_51104751.jpegAnd of course, we will gather wild foods. Wet suits will be needed to gather almost everything (they rent them). Wild foods are natural foods—grown without pesticides or human manipulation. Certainly, wild foods are the most organic of foods. Learning to harvest wild food brings a new twist to home cooking, parties and camping. We are going to break the myth of foraging as some kind of a hunter-gatherer survival training and show you how to create delicious gourmet dishes. You will learn that foraging is very satisfying when you become a gourmet forager.

Each class includes an evening session for planning followed by a day of collecting and preparing a gourmet meal from the sea. Finishing touches for the feast will be assigned to students.

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Fall is the best season of all. The north coast crescents of white sand and beaches are warm and uncrowded. The ocean is crystal clear. However, the best treasure of this season is that shellfish and sea vegetable are prime. Our feast for this season will focus on soups, pastas, and BBQs with the delicious bearded clam. We will augment our recipes with spicy sea vegetables in salads and pickled hors-d'oeuvres.

You should contact ASU directly to schedule and pay and mention our group discount!

RSVPing to the group Meetup does not reserve your spot, you must pay them. This is not a private class so they will fill spots on a first come, first pay basis.

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Any person who is 16 years of age or older must possess a valid sport fishing license when taking any fish, shell fish, reptile, or amphibian in California (Fish and Game Code Section 7145 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html)). Fish and Game Code Section 86 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html) defines take as: hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture or kill. Read the CA Fish & Game regulations before engaging in these activities. (You might want to get an annual if you plan to attend future tuna, rockfish, crab, or giant squid fishing or mussel foraging trips.)