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Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide

Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide

Brief Description: "A guide to foraging for more than 70 species on the Pacific Coast, including 60 recipes"-- Review Quotes: Hahn has written a comprehensive and authoritative guide to regional...

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Brief Description:
"A guide to foraging for more than 70 species on the Pacific Coast, including 60 recipes"--

Review Quotes:
Hahn has written a comprehensive and authoritative guide to regional foraging that is filled with personality and just plain fun to read.--Meg Olson "Mount Baker Experience"

Review Quotes:
Pacific Harvest is fabulous! Rather than a collection of plants and recipes, it is a deep and entertaining read about the plants and critters that make up this corner of the world we call home.--Riley Starks, Founder of Salish Center for Sustainable Fishing Methods

Review Quotes:
You hold in your hands THE guide to NW Coast foraging. Written with fierce passion, scientific accuracy, and from a knowledge base of a half century of boots-in-the-muck experience, Hahn is the magical pocket naturalist I want to take with me on every coastal adventure.--Becky Selengut, Chef and Author of Good Fish, Shroom and Misunderstood Vegetables

Review Quotes:
This book will be intriguing for those who with to learn to forage, but even if that's not your goal, it is well worth a read. What you learn will change the way you explore nature. On your walks along a beach of in a forest, you will look around with a new appreciation of the available bounty.--Cathy Grinstead "Adventures NW"

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  • Highlights 70-plus edible species including seaweeds, beach vegetables, shellfish, mushrooms, berries, trees, ferns, and wild and weedy greens
  • Includes more than 60 recipes, plus tips for enjoying this natural abundance
  • Key sections describe sustainable harvesting practices

Pacific Harvest, written by expert forager and guide Jennifer Hahn, introduces both novice and more experienced foragers to the Pacific Coast's ample and diverse edible species. Recognizing your local edible berries, flowers, greens, roots, tree parts, mushrooms, seaweeds, beach vegetables, and shellfish is a passport to a comforting sense of place. Hahn shares immersive descriptions of her foraging adventures as well as full-color photos to make identifying these species easy and enjoyable. Each featured food listing includes common names, taxonomy, primary location, description, harvesting details, and culinary tips for transition from the wild to the kitchen table. Select listings call out notable nutrition and wellness benefits, along with contemporary research on conservation status.

This coastal foraging guide highlights contemporary and historic wild food uses as well as some indigenous uses of these time-honored foods. It also includes profiles of Indigenous leaders in the traditional foods movement. Hahn emphasizes a sustainable approach to foraging, reminding readers what other beings also depend on these plants and animals as food and shelter sources.

Pacific Harvest includes dozens of recipes featuring foraged foods, ranging from no-fuss delights like Salal Berry Scones and Kelp-Wrapped Salmon to comfort foods like Fiddlehead Quiche and Horse Clam Stir-Fry.


Contributor Bio:Hahn, Jennifer
Jennifer Hahn is an author, scientist, teacher, culinary explorer, and wilderness guide. She teaches sustainable wild food harvesting at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University and leads seaweed workshops for the North Cascade Institute, Salish Sea tribes, and First Nations. Her first book Spirited Waters: Soloing South through the Inside Passage won the Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere award. She is an adjunct professor at Western Washington University's Fairhaven College teaching courses on northwest wild food. Her love of foraging inspired her latest titles with Mountaineers Books, Pacific Harvest. Visit Jennifer online at pacificfeast.net.


Author: Hahn, Jennifer
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2025-03-15
BISAC: Nature|Foraging|Cooking|Reference|Science|Life Sciences|Botany
Subjects: Pacific Coast (U.S.)|Seafood gathering|Medicinal plants|Cooking (Wild foods)|Guidebooks|Wild plants, Edible
Weight: 1.55 lbs
ISBN: 9781680516685
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781680516685

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