Forage. Gather. Feast.: 100+ Recipes from West Coast Forests, Shores, and Urban Spaces -- Maria Finn, Paperback

Celebrate the pleasure of the wilderness (or even your backyard) with this approachable forage-to-kitchen cookbook featuring 110 recipes using foragable foods--from seaweed love to mushroom lust and everything in between.

Identify foragable foods in your own backyard to create simple, rustic recipes from the bounty of the coast, forest, and urban spaces up and down the West Coast.

Featuring more than 100 recipes and chock-full of lush photography, this cookbook shows you what to do with the delicious foodstuffs you can dig, snip, or catch anywhere from Alaska to Northern California, then put it all together in homecooked meals best shared with friends and gorgeous sunset views or cooked in the wild over a campfire.

Recipes include:

• Morels, Asparagus, Fava Beans, and Fiddlehead Ferns with Burrata
• Black Truffle Pot de Cr鑪e with Preserved Sakura Cherry Blossoms
• Fire-Roasted Butter Clams with Seaweed Gremolata
• Spruce Tip and Juniper Berry Sockeye Salmon Gravlax
• Chilled Huckleberries with Campfire Caramel and Seaweed Salt

Reimagine your cooking and unlock new flavors from the abundance that surrounds us.

Author: Maria Finn
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Published: 04/09/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.43h x 7.24w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9781632174864

About the Author
MARIA FINN is an author, chef, and maker who lives on a houseboat in Sausalito, California, with her truffle dog, two tabby cats, and a native oyster garden. She creates food, art, and storytelling experiences inspired by ecosystems like kelp forests and redwood watersheds; her work explores themes like love, awe, desire, and grief in regard to our relationship with the natural world. She founded Flora & Fungi Adventures, where she hosts wild food-centric adventures in California all the way north to Alaska. Visit her at MariaFinn.com.

MARLA AUFMUTH has been telling stories through her lens for twenty years. A California native, she brings a quirky, honest aesthetic to capture a rich, bold documentary view. Marla is also an avid gardener with a passion for capturing nature's ebb and flow through her photography. You can often find Marla wildcrafting dandelion wine, harvesting Pacific seaweed, or preserving plum chutney. Visit her at MarlaAufmuth.com.