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In this touching and informative memoir about foraging for food in New York City, Ava Chin finds sustenance...and so much more. 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." And while foraging may be the latest foodie trend, 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 grandparents, Chin takes off on an emotional journey to make sense of her family ties and romantic failures when her beloved grandmother dies. 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/medicinal plants, with recipes and culinary information, Eating Wildly will stir your emotions and enliven your taste buds--a moving memoir about the importance of family, relationships, and food.… (more)
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Loved learning about all the different things that can be found in urban areas that we call weeds, berries that grow wildly, mushrooms and so much more that people have used as medicine in the past. Her heritage with her grandparents, her grandfather in particular, who was the cook in their family is the first to entice her taste buds and give her a life long love of food.
Loved reading about this whole wild food movement, foraging in Central Park and other nature preserves for little tidbits in which to build or add t a meal. Contests, groups a whole movement trying to get back to nature in whatever little way they can.
Now I can;t see myself foraging for food, frankly I don;t know what I am doing, much rooms are all the same to me, I would just end up poisoning myself and my family, but I love that people are doing this. It may be something I take up in the future, with some training if the opportunity presents itself. Extremely interesting and well written.
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This was a fun memoir about Ava Chin and her life as an urban forager. It's full of lessons in life, food, learning, relationships, connecting with the planet you live amongst, and more. This book is very inspiring in the way of making