Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook contains lavish art work and innovative recipes for those who want to eat local bounty, highlighting easily obtainable local foods and traditional foodways.The effort weaves together Dina Falconi's 30 years of passionate investigations into wild-plant identification, foraging and cooking with Wendy Hollender's artistic skills honed over 15 years as a botanical illustrator.
Dina Falconi is a clinical herbalist with a strong focus on food activism and nutritional healing. She has been teaching classes on the use of herbs for food, medicine, and pleasure, including wild-food foraging and cooking, for more than twenty years. She is a founding member of the Northeast Herbal Association, a chapter leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation and on the board of Slow Food-Hudson Valley. An avid gardener and wildcrafter, Dina is passionate about ecological agriculture and has completed the Permaculture Design Certificate Course. She is the author of Earthy Bodies & Heavenly Hair: Natural and Healthy Personal Care for Everybody (Ceres Press, 1998). Wendy Hollender is a botanical artist, author, and instructor.
