LECTURER - Robert Hosh

• 300 YEARS OF WILD FOOD FORAGING
  Join expert forager and mycologist Robert H. Peabody as he provides an illustrative storytelling about 17th thru 19th century hunting and gathering and their importance to early Hunterdon County settlers. After Mr. Peabody's tales, join chef and mycologist Bob Hosh on a "show and tell" walk through one of Hunterdon County's wild, open spaces to forage for the foods of our foregathers. Bob Hosh grew up in rural Cajun Louisiana were huntering and gatherering was an important part of his family's lifestyle. Bob lived in Frenchtown for many years. At the moment he lives in Somerset.  Keep your Fast Food and your Slow Food Movement -- this is the ultimate experience in what the first settlers and Revolutionary War Heroes in Hunterdon might have eaten.
  June 8, 2014

Robert Hosh is a self employed naturalist.  He is a mycologist and a gourmet chef leading mushroom collections, lectures and food preparation classes throughout the region.  He is a past President of the NJ Mycological Association.  Bob grew up in rural Cajun Louisiana where hunter/gatherer was an important part of his family's lifestyle.  Bob lived in Frenchtown for many years; he currently resides in Somerset County.