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The New York Times Book Review - Dawn Drzal instructive and often charmingStudded with instructions for everything from identifying edible plantsto preparing a wild foods brunchEating Wildly should inspire readers to grab a box cutter and some baggies and head for the nearest park. Publishers Weekly02/10/2014 Chin, who writes the "Wild Edibles" column for the New York Times, goes looking for love, blackberries, and wild garlic in this wildly uneven, yet warmly exhilarating memoir. Trekking through Central Park and other urban beaten paths and backyards, Chin leads us on a journey of discovery as she searches for the tender shoots poking through cement cracks and hardy wild plants resisting winter's bite.
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."
