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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," 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.
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."
