forager

"London is a forager's paradise" full of a diverse range of plants that can be eaten, says John Rensten, foraging expert and author.

For example, Ana Shellem is a coastal forager, who regularly brings us these gorgeous wild mussels and recently discovered tulip snails . . . as a result, we’re now talking to our guests about this ingredient that no one has seen before and it invites conversation about Ana and her work as a coastal forager.

And on her new plant and fungi walks, starting this month, Bay Area forager Cindy Li will share knowledge gained foraging with her immigrant parents.

“Finding wild food is like going on a great treasure hunt,” says wild food writer Langdon Cook, whose books include “Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager.”

“It’s probably a lot more ubiquitous than we understood,” says co-author Bruce Winterhalder, a behavioral ecologist at UC Davis and pioneering scholar of forager theory.