Fat of the Land, Langdon Cook
Fat of the Land, Langdon Cook
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Fat of the Land
Adventures of a 21st Century Forager

Author: Langdon Cook

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/25/2020

Synopsis

Foraging is not just a throwback to our hunter-gatherer past; it's a way to reconnect with the landscape. And Langdon Cook is not just your typical grocery cart-toting dad. For him, gourmet delicacies abound, free for the taking if we just open our eyes. As a result, he finds himself free-diving in icy Puget Sound in hopes of spearing a snaggletooth lingcod, armed with nothing more than a "Hawaiian sling." He bushwhacks through rugged mountain forests in search of edible mushrooms. He strings up a fly rod to chase after sea-run trout. He even pulls on the gardening gloves to collect stinging nettles. In wry, detailed prose, he traces his journey from wrangler of pre-packaged calories to connoisseur of coveted wild edibles. Structured around the seasons of the year, each chapter focuses on a specific food type and concludes with a recipe featuring the author's hard-won bounty, a savory stop to each adventure-filled morsel.

About Langdon Cook

Langdon Cook is the author of Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table; The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America, winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award; and Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager. His writing has appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines, and online journals. A nominee for the 2016 James Beard Award, Cook lives in Seattle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie on May 15, 2023

I probably wouldn’t recommend this book, unless you’re interested in foraging memoirs as a genre. The book is about 3/4 fishing and only 1/4 plants + mushrooms, and the humor can be dated and a little rough. CWs for fatphobia in particular.......more

Goodreads review by James on September 16, 2024

This is an entertaining book about living from the land. The author shares his experiences fishing, hunting, digging for clams, farming and finding mushrooms. He also shares recipes and stories of friends in the field. This is a good book about foraging.......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on December 28, 2012

Langdon Cook's book is divided into four sections, one for each season. Within each season, he shares several chapters, each one focusing on a specific item he forages for, with anecdotes on the process, historical facts, and stories about the goofy characters he comes across in the foraging realm. I......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on July 26, 2022

Information is great for someone looking to get into foraging in the PNW and not knowing where to start. The prose I could do without. The characterizations of real people seem flat, especially the incidental encounters with BIPOC foragers and fishers. Inspired me to try dandelion bread but the reci......more

Goodreads review by Martha on December 10, 2009

Great storytelling, memorable characters, and tons of info on wild foods and foraging.......more

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