In collaboration with the History Book Festival, join us to talk with Gina Rae La Cerva, author of Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food, one of the books featured at the 2020 virtual History Book Festival.

This combination of memoir and travelogue traces the relationship between “wild food” and environmental conservation. Foraged foods—two centuries ago the mainstay of the North American diet—are now becoming a luxury, served to the wealthy in exclusive restaurants. The author discusses philosophies toward “wild nature” over time and explores the impacts of colonialism, capitalism, climate change, and slavery on wild foods. We meet the wild food gatherers of today and go behind-the-scenes of the trendy wild food industry.

Gina Rae La Cerva is a geographer, environmental anthropologist, and writer who has traveled extensively to research a variety of environmental and food-related topics. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Bill Clifton will interview La Cerva. He is executive chef and co-owner of The Counting House Restaurant & Pub in Georgetown, Delaware. In 2019 Clifton appeared on the Food Network competition Beat Bobby Flay.

We invite you to support the author by purchasing a copy of her book from the Festival's official bookseller, Browseabout Books, by clicking HERE. Call-in orders are accepted or you can stop by the store to purchase a copy. For store hours, please visit their website. You also may purchase a copy at biblion in Lewes. Each copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate.

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