Synopses & Reviews
Explore the bounty of the natural world through 85 vegan recipes featuring foraged ingredients
"Forage & Feast embodies a commonsense, simple, and joyful approach to foraging and cooking." —Michel Nischan, chef, author, and food-equity advocate
In Forage & Feast, experienced forager and chef Chrissy Tracey takes you on a journey to discover and collect plants and fungi. Use the identification guides and nature photographs to help you forage, then cook your way through fall, winter, spring, and summer with recipes featuring the wild ingredients. No matter where you live, you'll be able to find recipe inspiration and universally useful foraging advice. From urban magnolia blooms and easy-to-find dandelions to golden chanterelles and sweet pawpaws, Chrissy shows you how to transform nature's treasures into vegan recipes everyone will love. Discover mouthwatering dishes like:
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Morel "Fried Chicken" Bites with Dandelion Hot Honey (Spring)
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Pulled Jackfruit Sliders with Blackberry Barbecue Sauce (Summer)
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Crabapple Crisp (Fall)
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Shagbark Hickory Ice Cream (Winter)
Interwoven with stories from Chrissy's own foraging and culinary experiences and accompanied by lush photography,
Forage & Feast is the perfect introduction to finding food in the natural world and turning it into something both beautiful and tasty.
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"Her work is your reward. Whether you find your ingredients in the ground or at the market, this suite of recipes offers meals likely to linger in memory." Wall Street Journal
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"Well written, engaging, informative, and original, Chrissy Tracey's Forage & Feast is a joy to read. Her engagement with nature is contagious and her recipes genuine and personal." Jacques Pépin, television personality, cookbook author, and culinary educator
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"Foraging and being inspired by nature are foundational tenants to who we are as humans, and Chrissy Tracey's book Forage & Feast brilliantly embraces this fact. Not only is this publication packed with fantastic information about wild food, but it's stunningly beautiful and completely delicious." René Redzepi, chef and co-owner of Noma
About the Author
Chrissy Tracey is a first-generation Jamaican American vegan chef, artist, forager, YouTuber, and entrepreneur in the food and wellness space. She is the first vegan chef to be featured on Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen YouTube series and has been featured in the magazine. Her recipes and work have been featured in Epicurious, Farm Sanctuary Magazine, Veg News, and the Vegan Review. She has also been showcased on the Bon Appétit Food People podcast and NPR's Seasoned. Tracey was listed in Connecticut Magazine's 40 Under 40 and made a name for herself while working as a vegan pizza chef in New Haven, a city known all over the world for its pizza. She currently runs a Connecticut-based catering company that specializes in curating unique plant-based culinary events.