the expedition, but the experience prepared her to author the book, Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage. “I was eating like the First Nations people had eaten. My senses became more heightened. My dreams even changed.” Hahn cautions people not to harvest wild foods without taking precautions for their own safety and for sustaining the wild environment. She suggests having a good reference book, and if possible an experienced mentor who can guide you through what’s edible and how to harvest sustainably. That’s why she co-authored Pacific Coast Foraging Guide, a handy field guide for harvesting wild ingredients, and her latest book, Pacific Feast: A Cook’s Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine. Learn more about Jennifer Hahn at www.pacificfeast.com.
Pacific Feast: A Cook’s Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine In Jennifer Hahn’s most recent book, Pacific Feast, she brings wild ingredients and her storehouse of knowledge about sustainable wild food harvesting into the everyday kitchen. In this entertaining and accessible volume, she makes foraging the stuff of weekend walks in the woods and shoreline explorations. Then she partners the harvested wild ingredients with more common foods from the fridge and pantry in a collection of gourmet recipes. Pacific Feast is a personal account of Hahn’s respect for the Pacific coastal environment, a practical foraging guidebook and a cookbook, all beautifully packaged and illustrated in one volume. According to Hahn, “Harvesting and eating wild food connects us back to something primordial.” But you won’t have to join a drum circle to glean some new West Coast culinary skills from Pacific Feast. Wild food foraging is fast becoming a mainstream gourmet pastime. You can order a copy of Pacific Feast at www.harborsmagazine.com/books
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