Ohio Wild Food Fest | Recipes

On September 28, 2024 at Punderson State Park, I had the opportunity to talk about foraged food at the Ohio Wild Food Festival. 

Here you will find the recipes for the foods I provided:

Acorn & Wildflower Cookies with Mulberry Icing

Curly Dock Spice Cake Pops with White Chocolate and Wild Rose

Chicken of the Woods Jerky

Paw Paw & Autumn Olive Fruit Leather

Candied Sour Watermelon Rind

Fun & Creative Ways to Preserve Foraged Food

Presentation by Kate Cunningham

Learn how to preserve and create healthy food alternatives with wild foraged food! In this workshop you will learn how to safely and sustainably make fun snacks for your family with some of Kate’s favorite Ohio plants and mushrooms! Join Kate as she shares how she replaced her kids favorite sour gummies, shelf snacks and popular sports drinks with ingredients right outside your front door!

Kate is the owner of Moonflower Apothecary in Ravenna, Ohio. Her goal is to teach people how to reconnect and heal through nature. As a mother of children with rare disease and special needs, she strives to offer experiences that are affordable, accessible and inclusive. 

She grew up hunting, fishing, foraging and exploring the outdoors in Geauga County, and has had a close relationship with nature since she was a little girl. The forest has always been a safe harbor for Kate; sharing the forest’s gifts and lessons is the imprint she wants to leave behind to her children and community.