ABOUT THE BOOK
Urban foraging is the new frontier of foraging for foods, and it's all about eating better, healthier, and more sustainably, no matter where you live. Time named foraging the "latest obsession of haute cuisine," but the quest to connect with food and nature is timeless and universal.
Ava Chin, aka the "Urban Forager," is an experienced master of the quest. Raised in Queens, New York, by a single mother and loving Chinese grandparents, Chin takes off on an emotional journey to make sense of her family ties and romantic failures when her beloved grandmother becomes seriously ill. She retreats into the urban wilds, where parks and backyards provide not only rare and delicious edible plants, but a wellspring of wisdom.
As the seasons turn, Chin begins to view her life with new "foraging eyes," experiencing the world as a place of plenty and variety, where every element--from flora to fauna to fungi--is interconnected and interdependent. Her experiences in nature put her on a path to self-discovery, leading to reconciliation with her family and finding true love.
Divided into chapters devoted to a variety of edible and medicinal plants, with recipes and culinary information, Eating Wildly will stir your emotions and enliven your taste buds.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ava Chin is the author of the award-winning "Eating Wildly:
Foraging for Life, Love, and the Perfect Meal," which Library Journal
named one of the "Best Books of 2014." Described by Kirkus Reviews as "A
delectable feast of the heart," Eating Wildly won 1st Prize in the MFK
Fisher Book Awards 2015. Ava Chin's writing has appeared in the New York
Times (as the "Urban Forager"), Marie Claire, the Village Voice, and
Saveur, among others. An associate professor of creative nonfiction at
CUNY, she lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter. The
Huffington Post named her one of "9 Contemporary Authors You Should Be
Reading."
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