🌿🍄 The Black Morel Hootenanny is Back This Spring! 🍄🌿 Foragers, food lovers, and adventurers—it’s back! The Black Morel Hootenanny, once a traveling celebration of morels, wild food, and community, is making its long-awaited return this mid-May in Grand Rapids, MN! After a

🧠🍄 Morels on your mind? You’re not alone. The Black Morel Hootenanny is BACK—bigger, wilder, and more delicious than ever! 🍕🔥 Join us May 16-18 at Rapids Brewing Co. for: ✅ Wood-Fired Morel Pizza & Specials ✅ Guided Morel Forays ✅ Sunday Morel Brunch & Bloody Mary Bar ✅

🌮 Bug tacos? Absolutely! On a past trip to Mexico City, I tried tacos filled with ant larvae, giant grubs, crickets, and bone marrow. One of these was surprisingly tasty—I mean genuinely tasty! Any guesses which one I liked best? (No cheating—watch first! 😉)

🎶 Where the Wild Things Grow 🎶 A little music. A little dirt under the nails. This is what foraging looks like when it’s done with soul. New video. Give it a watch and tell us what you think.

Gary Krasner—chef, beekeeper, Renaissance man, and long-time friend—joined me for a conversation about bees, life, and hive wisdom. It’s funny, thoughtful, and full of the kind of perspective you only get from someone who’s spent real time with bees. 🎥 Full video below.

This is one of my favorite spring photos. Mornings like this — out harvesting fiddleheads, alone in a place where the only thing you can hear is your own thoughts — da best! Every time I look at it, I’m instantly transported back to that moment. Got a favorite memory or place

🍄 The Blaaack Morel Hootenanny is BACK — May 16–18 in Grand Rapids, MN! Mushroom forays, ID classes, wild food, live music & more. 🎟️ Tickets + details → gentlemanforager.com/event-details/… #MorelFest #MinnesotaEvents #WildFood #Foraging #livemusicexperience

Think you know black morels? Field guides call Morchella septentrionalis a tree associate. After more than a decade in Minnesota’s woods, I’m seeing something different. New blog post: Rethinking Black Morels — Morchella septentrionalis and Decay gentlemanforager.com/post/morchella…

I grew up walking the woods behind our place — no plan, no path, just watching things move. Finally turned that into a song. It’s up now on the GF YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=CUb4JR…

I’ve spent years walking the woods alone. But foraging has a way of pulling people together. Not just for the mushrooms — but because the forest strips away everything extra. New blog post: gentlemanforager.com/post/foraging-…

Chasing burn morels led to this song, years later. 🎧 The Land of the Lemon Sun 🌲 Written from real life. 🎥 Full video now live. Watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/VvTNVm8YyEs?si…

Shroomapalooza 2025 is coming to Scenic View Campground in Spooner, Wisconsin. A weekend of wild food, live music, and mushroom mischief. Camel booya by the fire. Guided foraging. Karaoke. Flame-grilled strip loin. Live music Saturday night. Shakshouka to close it out. All

Even the Quiet Feels Like Love – An Original Song by Gentleman Forager at 7PM CST--- come say hi and let me know what you think! youtu.be/mrg6iU4Mnxw?si… via YouTube

Check out my new single "Land of the Lemon Sun" distributed by DistroKid and live on Spotify! open.spotify.com/album/5qmI2H0H…

Have you signed up for class yet? It's almost time to start the "real" mushroom season, Most people think of morels and spring but summer through Fall is actually the best time of the year to forage mushrooms! Come learn how to positively identify 4 summer favorites and where to

I met someone whose life changed how I see the world. Raised a ward of the state, forgotten, and still beautifully whole. “She’s Still Here” is her story, and maybe yours too. 🎧 distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ge…

🌲 Wild for the Holidays 🍄✨ Golden chanterelles · Matsutake · Truffles · Berries Gift the forest’s finest — hand‑harvested, beautifully packed, ready to ship nationwide. Reserve your holiday gift box now ↓ gentlemanforager.com/fresh-wild-foo… #WildMushrooms #HolidayGift #GourmetFood

Fresh BLACK TRUMPETS 🖤 Deep forest aroma. Savory, woodsy, truffle-adjacent. They melt into pasta/cream sauces/risotto like they were born there. 1 lb = ~3–5 meals for two. Order: gentlemanforager.com/fresh-wild-foo…