Forage Fest: A Wild Food Gathering

Talbott & Arding, Feast & Floret and (Creative Legion) bring a five-stop foraged food tasting, inspiring talks, foraged cocktails, and more!

FORAGE FEST: A Wild Food Gathering

Saturday, May 9, 2026 | 12:00 – 4:00 PM

(Creative Legion) · 7 Fairview Ave, Hudson, New York

Advance Tickets $75

Door Tickets $90

Talbott & Arding, Feast & Floret and (Creative Legion) bring you the inaugural Forage Fest! This event is a one-afternoon gathering at (Creative Legion) celebrating the wild, the seasonal, and the deeply local — a five-stop tasting experience, inspiring talks, foraged cocktails, a curated maker market, and a morning foraging walk through the Hudson Valley landscape.

FIVE STOP TASTING EXPERIENCE

Five of the region's most celebrated chefs bring wild ingredients to the table in dishes made for this moment:

• David Israelow · Four Corners Chatham Mussels with a Bamboo Dashi
• Mona Talbott · Talbott & Arding Ardith Mae Goat Cheese Focaccia Panini with Ramp Pesto
• Jason Denton · Feast & Floret Wild Mushrooms with Fontina Mustard Green Arancini Balls · Hudson Fisheries Steelhead Trout Ramp Gravlax on Seeded Bread with Crème
• Guy Arnone · Via Cassia Gemelli Pasta with Stinging Nettle Pesto
• Nora Allen · Mel the Bakery, TBA

INSPIRING TALKS

Devon Gilroy, Founder of Tivoli Mushroom, on growing and foraging fungi in the Hudson Valley.

Annabel Roberts-McMichael, Forester at Tend and Gather, on sustainable foraging practice and the ecology of wild food.

Panel conversation with Mona Talbott, Jason Denton, and Guy Arnone — moderated by Amiel Stanek, Gourmet Magazine — on cooking with what the land offers, seasonality, and the future of wild food in the kitchen.

FORAGED COCKTAILS & SPIRITS by Branchwater Farms

FORAGE MARKET A curated gathering of makers, growers, and producers rooted in the Hudson Valley.

MORNING FORAGING WALK Led by Annabel Roberts-McMichael, Forester, Tend and Gather

Details and sign-up for the morning foraging walk will be included in a confirmation email.

Forage Fest is produced by (Creative Legion), Feast & Floret and Talbott & Arding, Hudson NY.

This is an outdoor and indoor event. Dress for the season.