Foods In Season Guy Whigham Porcini Foraging HD

Robert “Guy” Whigham was born in Britain and moved to Italy as a small boy. Guy’s father was a nomadic British poet who was invited by Ezra Pound to live in the 13th century Brunnenburg Castle, located in the province of South Tirol in northern Italy. It was here that Guy met an elderly hunchbacked Italian woman who was the queen of foraging porcinis. The village baker would trade bread smeared with melted chocolate and loaves of fresh baked bread for his porcinis. By age eight he became a master of foraging.
Guy’s family eventually moved to Southern California where his father became a professor of poetry and literature. Guy started harvesting fruits from orchards to make a living. One day he found a porcini. Eyes closed, his pressed the bolete close to his face. The smell brought him back to Italy and his youth. It was those remembered scents and earthy aromas of porcinis that reconnected him to his past. He gave up picking fruits and returned to foraging for wild mushrooms and berries.
Guy is one of the most skilled foragers in North America, a walking encyclopedia of knowledge. His extensive understanding of the topography and microclimates of the Pacific Northwest and his bloodhound-like skill at searching out patches of wild mushrooms have made him an invaluable partner with Foods In Season.

[@jesseknox9322]

that's really cool! Good for him! those porcini are making me hungry!

[@familyspice]

Wow! That's impressive!

[@monicakelly5206]

HI Guy,
Good to see you doing something cooooool!
Don't know if you remember me, "coco" from carp.
Xoxo