Pacific Feast

Once thought to be the stuff of back-to-the-landers,foraging has become a gourmet pastime, and there are agrowing number of wild-food classes in which experts teachhungry folks how to spot the "food at our feet." Especiallyfortunate are those of us who live along the Pacific Coast -from the San Francisco Bay area to Puget Sound to Anchorage- where the climate provides many a delicacy in our wild(and not so wild) spaces. The Wild Table shares expertadvice on how to identify the good...
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Once thought to be the stuff of back-to-the-landers,foraging has become a gourmet pastime, and there are agrowing number of wild-food classes in which experts teachhungry folks how to spot the "food at our feet." Especiallyfortunate are those of us who live along the Pacific Coast -from the San Francisco Bay area to Puget Sound to Anchorage- where the climate provides many a delicacy in our wild(and not so wild) spaces. The Wild Table shares expertadvice on how to identify the good eats, harvestresponsibly, and create delicious meals with your finds.Author Jennifer Hahn provides detailed field notes on morethan 40 species, including where to find them, which partsare edible, and their best culinary uses. In addition to thedelectable recipes from well-known coastal chefs, readerswill also appreciate Hahn's intimate stories of reveling innature's bounty and Mac Smith's lush identificationphotographs.