The Forager’s Dilemma with Alexis Nikole Nelson

When Alexis Nikole Nelson started her TikTok account last year, she had no idea that the videos she made of herself foraging in the parks and woods of Columbus, OH—and singing along the way—would go so viral so quickly. Today Alexis joins Amanda in the Zoom studio to talk about her lifelong love affair with wild edible plants, the racial history of trespassing laws, and what you can cook with the weeds in your very own backyard. Stuff we talk about in this episode: Healthyish interview with Alexis Nikole: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/alexis-nikole-tiktok-forager Alexis Nikole’s juneberry hand pie recipe: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisnikole/video/6838334235250674949?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Alexis Nikole’s video about being a Black forager: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisnikole/video/6925190805367966981?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Alexis Nikole’s Ramp Rap: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisnikole/video/6922647197389491462?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Listen to this week’s episode above, and get more episodes of Healthyish from Bon Appétit here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bon-app%C3%A9tit-foodcast/id945390489 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQk5BMTI5NDM3MjYwMA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zUWfGDCGpJmxupERQNsVp For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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