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Shannon Mulligan-Mayernik is an herbalist and plant medicine maker based in Northern New Jersey. Co-Owner of Mayernik Kitchen, Beekeeper & Educator of all things local and homemade. Graduate apprentice of herbalist Robin Rose Bennett and recent graduate of the Chestnut School of Herbs. Shannon graduated from the Academy of Culinary Nutrition in 2015 and became a Master Food Preserver in 2019. Currently, Shannon is participating in a year long clinical program for herbal medicine in Bronx, New York.
By Shannon, Posted in Wellness
Many people take their immune systems for granted, given the fact it fights behind our backs against the arsenal of germs to keep us safe. With coronavirus swishing around freely, a great mass of population is thinking about the word immunity and.. read more
By Shannon, Posted in Herbal Remedies
The dark berry of Sambucus nigra is one of the most used medicinal herbs in the world. It is also one of the oldest used in folk medicine to fight the virus that causes colds, flu, sinus infections, and upper respiratory.. read more
By Shannon, Posted in MK Product
Introducing a new line to our product collection, Mayernik Kitchen Herbal Hydrosols are now available! Our small batch hydrosols are made with our homegrown or locally foraged fresh.. read more
By Shannon, Posted in Food Profile
When you live in the Northeast, we unfortunately don’t have a “local” farm to get our citrus from, but we do buy in season (winter), from an organic farm in California. We’ve been buying.. read more
By Matt, Posted in Personal
Mayernik Kitchen’s Modern Day Herbal Apothecary is now open at 612 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ. .. read more
By Shannon, Posted in What's Growing Wednesday
Garlic Mustard is a wild plant that is popping up all over in these early spring days. Not only is garlic mustard a wild food, it is very nutritious and can be used in a variety of.. read more
By Shannon, Posted in Events
Well, we did a thing! We were interviewed on Eat Well, Travel Often’s Podcast last week and it just went LIVE today and we’d love for you to check it out. Melissa, the creator of one of the largest CSA’s and food co-op’s in New.. read more
By Shannon, Posted in Garden
The day was February 8, 2020 and we planted our first seeds for the 2020 season. Not only were we super excited to get going, but we were also a bit nervous as you know, we’ve extended our garden at home by.. read more
It’s that time of year, cold and flu season is upon us, so we turn to our favorite herbs to help prevent and help speed up any flu/cold like.. read more
Can you believe the holidays are just around the corner? I know, I know, let’s first celebrate Thanksgiving and then the 2019 Holiday Season is upon us. But because Thanksgiving is so late this.. read more
By Shannon, Posted in Garden, MK Product
Ground Ivy – a perennial weed that will creep all over your garden/lawn/compost pile, so most pull it and try to rid it, but not here in the Mayernik.. read more
By Shannon, Posted in MK Untapped
Our first MKUntapped Beer Blog of 2019 is here and we are so excited to share two new breweries with you! The last few months of 2018 were so incredibly busy that we didn’t get out too many breweries, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t.. read more
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