A local chef is doing something different and has some unique and flavorful food because of it. Dyllan Dale owns Wild Foods by Dyllan. He calls himself the Ozarks Foraging Chef.
When Dale goes out to his garden, he doesn’t just see the tomatoes, lettuce and other typical edible items most others see. He looks beyond that to plants that are growing wild. Take wood sorrel, for instance. It’s a plant that just about anyone would recognize – you can find it in any organic yard or open space. And it grows next to the garden that’s planted behind a Commercial Street building where Dale leases kitchen space.
“Look at the leaf shape,” he said, pointing out the sorrel. “The sorrel has heart shaped leaves. And the clover is kind of that long oval shape. Okay, now you have to try it.”
“Oh, just munch it?” asks the reporter…