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Ką kanda šalna? Tree bark flour, root coffee, and other wild cold-season dishes.
People say that in Lithuania the cold season lasts nine months and summer only three… That is why we need to learn how to enjoy nature and gather its gifts all year round. The book you are now holding tells of wild edible plants growing in meadows, forests or thickets in early spring, winter or late autumn. This book is about how and when to gather them, what can be made from them, and how to prepare wild food supplies for those days when nature does not want to let us in.
The knowledge in this book will also help those who want to start gathering edible wild plants, introducing them to the main wild plants growing in our nature, such as nettles, chickweed, dandelions or oaks. At the same time, it is a recipe book for people already familiar with and gathering wild herbs. It contains many ideas on how to invite familiar herbs into the kitchen so that they strengthen one's health every day. And, of course, it is intended for everyone who loves food and follows food culture trends – restaurant chefs, bloggers, and all those who know that contemporary haute cuisine is simply impossible without wild plants.
The author of the book, Ieva Šidlaitė, is known to many readers from her hugely popular first book 'Natūralus rauginimas' ('Dvi Tylos', 2017). Ieva holds a master's degree in cultural history; after her studies in noisy Vilnius she fled to live on a farmstead surrounded by forests. There, from the bustle of the city, she dived into a completely different daily life: meadows wrapped in mist, forests full of life, and a challenging, completely new kitchen. Inspired by nature, the author began to take an interest in edible wild plants and the production of real food. At first she applied her knowledge cooking for her family, but over time Ieva accumulated enough experience to share it with others. Now Ieva not only writes articles about traditional cuisine, fermentation, lacto-fermentation and edible wild plants, but also organises trainings and seminars and runs the online blog Samanotas.lt.
Author: Ieva Šidlaitė.
Language editor: Jurgita Jačėnaitė.
Art director and designer of the book: Tadas Karpavičius.
Photographer: Augis Narmontas.
Title: Aistė Jūrė.
Language editor: Jurgita Jačėnaitė.
