The Forager's Dinner: Finding, Harvesting, and Preparing Newfoundland and Labrador's Edible Plants

by Shawn Dawson

Publisher says: "Join professional forager Shawn Dawson on a guided tour of the forests, fields, bogs, barrens, cliffsides and shorelines of Newfoundland. Along the way, you'll learn to identify more than 50 edible plants (including trees, weeds, berries, and fruit) and how and when to harvest them sustainably. This is a must-have book for anyone interested in food security, eating locally, and cooking with the freshest possible ingredients. Hundreds of full-colour photographs make Forager's Dinner a gorgeous and insightful journey into the natural bounty that surrounds us. Dawson also provides plenty of ideas for preparing and preserving what you pick. Also included are recipes featuring locally sourced wild food from more than a dozen of Newfoundland's best-known chefs.

Genres: Nonfiction

280 pages, Paperback

Published October 25, 2020

Reviews

[Jean]

The author is a regular vendor at our local Farmer's Market, and always worth a visit. He might have chanterelles, chaga, crabapples or any of a dozen things that don't begin with "c."

He's very knowledgable about wild foods, and his voice shines through in this entertaining and informative book.

[Stephanie]

Newfoundlanders everywhere would love to read this book. Recognizing many of the plants, berries and flowers that are so common here. I learned alot and can't wait to start foraging even more delicious wild snacks.

[Kelly]

Great book that really helps to teach what we can and cannot eat in Newfoundland for foraging. It lets you know which parts of the plant/tree/kelp that you can eat, how to harvest it, how to cook it and when it is in season. Very informative.