Feasting wild : in search of the last untamed food / Gina Rae La Cerva.
"A writer and anthropologist searches for wild foods--and reveals what we lose in a world where wildness itself is misunderstood, commodified, and hotly pursued. Two centuries ago, nearly half the North American diet was found in the wild. Today, so-called 'wild foods' are becoming expensive commodities, served to the wealthy in top restaurants. In Feasting Wild, geographer and anthropologist Gina Rae La Cerva traces our relationship to wild foods and shows what we sacrifice when we domesticate them--including biodiversity, Indigenous knowledge, and an important connection to nature. Along the way, she samples wild foods herself, sipping elusive bird's nest soup in Borneo and smuggling Swedish moose meat home in her suitcase. Thoughtful, ambitious, and wide-ranging, Feasting Wild challenges us to take a closer look at the way we eat today."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781771645331
- ISBN: 1771645334
- Physical Description: xvi, 317 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver ; Greystone Books, [2020]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : Heartbreak moose -- Herbs and insects -- Heavy beasts with mushrooms and wild honey -- Fish, fin, shell, and claw -- Salmis of roasted fowl -- Forest flesh with roots and tubers -- Stewed antelope in tomatoes and spices -- Smoked games and fake caviar -- Moose with chanterelles in cream sauce -- Nests and blooms -- Wild grass. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic format. |
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Subject: | La Cerva, Gina Rae, 1983- > Travel. Wild foods. Natural foods. Food habits. Anthropologists > Travel. Food habits. Natural foods. Travel. Wild foods. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | 641.302 LA CERVA 2020 | 39851001576710 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |