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Hayden Sammak

Hayden Sammak

Hayden Sammak is the co-host of the Bent podcast, an outdoor writer, and an audio engineer at MeatEater. A transplant from Pennsylvania, he grew up learning to hunt, fish, and forage on the East Coast before making his home in Bozeman, Montana. If he's not at work, you can find him in the mountains.

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How to Find One of the World's Most Expensive Mushrooms

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How to Find One of the World's Most Expensive Mushrooms

Hayden Sammak
Hayden Sammak Sep 16, 2021
Mushrooms can be expensive. Really expensive. It’s part of what makes foraging so attractive to me: the opportunity to work with the freshest, often prohibitively expensive, gourmet ingredients—all without spending a single dollar, besides the gas it takes to get there. One particularly coveted...
Hayden Sammak Sep 16, 2021
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6 Beginner-Friendly Mushrooms You Can Find in Summer

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6 Beginner-Friendly Mushrooms You Can Find in Summer

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Hayden Sammak Aug 5, 2021
Spring may get all the attention, but summer is a great time to be out in the mushroom woods. There are plenty of choice edibles popping up and many of them grow in high concentrations, creating a windfall for foragers looking to stock the pantry or freezer with some of the finest edibles Mother...
Hayden Sammak Aug 5, 2021
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