Alan Bergo has built a career around noticing what others overlook.

Alan is a chef, author, and forager known for his deep knowledge of wild foods and his ability to bring them into the kitchen in thoughtful, creative ways. Through his work, he has helped thousands of people see forests, fields, and shorelines differently.

In this conversation we talk about the craft of foraging, the intelligence of wild plants, and what it means to cook with ingredients that most people have never considered food.

Alan shares how he first began exploring wild ingredients, the lessons he learned working in professional kitchens, and how those experiences eventually led him to focus almost entirely on wild food.

We talk about:

• how to begin learning wild plants
• the responsibility that comes with foraging
• bringing wild ingredients into the kitchen
• why curiosity is the most important skill a cook can develop

This episode is about attention.
About learning to see what is already around us.
And about the quiet thrill of turning something wild into a meal.

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Guest Links

Forager Chef
https://foragerchef.com

Alan Bergo Instagram
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Alan Bergo Books
https://foragerchef.com/books

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00:00 Introduction to Alan Bergo
02:40 Discovering wild food
07:30 Learning to see edible plants
13:20 Early kitchen career
20:10 Why chefs are drawn to wild ingredients
28:45 Responsibility in foraging
35:10 Cooking with wild plants
44:20 Mushrooms and the excitement of discovery
52:00 Teaching others about wild food
59:40 Advice for people curious about foraging