The Fruit Forager''s Companion: Ferments, Desserts, Main Dishes, and More from Your Neighborhood and Beyond
English
By (author): Sara Bir
Winner IACP 2019 Reference & Technical Cookbook Award
From apples and oranges to pawpaws and persimmons
Sara Birs voice is quirky, informed, and fresh. The Fruit Foragers Companion will push any soul who is interested in foraging into the curious world of fruits. . . . You want someone with passion and appetite to lead you on a foraging quest, and Sara has plenty of both.Deborah Madison, author of Vegetable Literacy and In My Kitchen
Half of the fruit that grows in yards and public spaces is never picked or eaten. Citrus trees are burdened with misshapen lemons, berries grow in tangled thickets on the roadside, and the crooked rows of abandoned orchards fill with fallen apples. At the same time, people yearn for an emotional connection thats lacking in bland grocery store bananas and tasteless melons.
The Fruit Foragers Companion is a how-to guide with nearly 100 recipes devoted to the secret, sweet bounty just outside our front doors and ripe for the taking, from familiar apples and oranges to lesser-known pawpaws and mayhaws. Sara Bira seasoned chef, gardener, and foragerprimes readers on foraging basics, demonstrates gathering and preservation techniques, and presents a suite of recipes including habanero crabapple jelly, lime pickle, pawpaw lemon curd, and fermented cranberry relish.
Bir encourages readers to reconnect with nature and believes once the foraging mindset takes control, a new culinary world hiding in plain sight will reveal itself. Written in a witty and welcoming style, The Fruit Foragers Companion is a must-have for seekers of both flavor and fun.
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