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To foragers, the outdoors is like a vast grocery store. That's true even around the Twin Cities.
 


 
Expert forager Margaret Kwong Taylor recently found some beautiful, edible gems — a gorgeous little collection of chanterelle mushrooms — as she walked in a public woods in a northern suburb.
 


 
Depending on the season, foragers find a wide range of edibles. "Raspberries, you can always find garlic mustard which makes a very good pesto," she said. "The plantain, you can actually pick them and make a very good tea."
 
 

Click on the audio to hear more from Taylor on the benefits of foraging, what she finds and her one strict rule.

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Expert forager Margaret Kwong Taylor found some beautiful, edible gems on a recent walk in the woods on public land in a northern suburb. Come along.

Forager finds a walk in the woods yields tasty treats

Maggie Kwong Taylor on a mushroom foraging walk.

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Kwong Taylor prepared chanterelle mushrooms.

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