Nick Martinez and Graham Steinruck, Both 29 For the past few years, Denver’s best restaurants have turned to this duo for hard-to-find specialty ingredients, especially wild mushrooms, an obsession of both men who met at a Colorado Mycological Society meeting. Martinez, a Texas native and former chef, says that the transition from cook to forager […]

If you want to go try your hand at foraging, Graham has a few pieces of advice: Determine whether it’s legal to forage in the area you have in mind. Removing anything–rocks, plants, etc.–from state parks is illegal in Colorado. In national forests, you usually need a permit, which you can acquire at a ranger’s […]

We would like to thank Denise Plante and everybody at Colorado & Company for featuring a segment about FEED: Wild, with the Catamounts. The event will be held at Lone Hawk Farm on July 18th and 19th. This is a one of a kind opportunity to have four hand-crafted (and gathered) courses of food, drink, […]

Graham Steinruck and Martinez started Hunt & Gather almost two years ago, after mulling the idea over for years. They met through the Colorado Mycological Association, where Steinruck was an active member and respected amateur mycologist who’d served as vice president of the group and editor of its newsletter. More than just a hobbyist, Steinruck […]

“In a loose grove of aspens, on a high ridge not far from downtown Denver, Graham Steinruck walks at an impossibly slow pace. Every few feet, he stops and looks around. He notes the nickel-size leaves on the aspens. He pauses to feel the spongy texture of the soil under his feet. Everywhere, the forest […]

Check out Outside Magazine: June 2014 Issue ‘Destinations 6.14: Go Foraging’