Gathered

“Cerberville shows us how to feed both body and soul through foraging. Thanks to her, instead of composting my sour cherry pits, I will grind them into an almond-flavored seasoning. In Gathered Cerberville has an important message: ‘A forager must choose to consider the future.’ So should we all.” — Trish O’Kane, Birding to Change the World: A Memoir“Gathered is a feast for body, mind, and soul. It challenges you to not only learn new plants and fungi, but to also learn new ways of moving through the green spaces around you. The recipes are vibrant with Gabrielle’s love of the natural world, her cultural heritage, and her delightfully eclectic lived experiences. This book is crafted in warmth and joy.” — Alexis Nikole Nelson, @Blackforager“Gathered is a generous offering for anyone interested in foraging and connecting intimately to our landscapes. In this charming collection of tantalizing recipes, scientific facts, and personal story telling, Cerberville speaks from a bounty of experience. Her extensive technical knowledge of plants, fungi, and ecology is shared alongside an ethic of care and responsibility. Foraging is not just about learning what you can eat, Cerberville argues, it is also about learning to take care of the earth and of others.”  — Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, author of Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature“An enthusiastic manual for finding, identifying, harvesting, and processing wild edibles … . Cerberville creates lively accounts of her quests in fields and forests for assorted mushrooms, berries, flowers, buds, leaves, and nuts… . A charming guide to nature’s bounty.” — Kirkus“Gathered is an exquisite dish, prepared by a master, layered with all the ingredients that make up foraging itself: the deeply personal, the broadly historical, the botanical, the mycological, the precisely culinary, and the endless adventure of hunting ingredients.” — Samuel Thayer, author of The Forager’s Harvest“Gathered is a glowing, vivid book that invites us to look more closely at the world around us — and to taste it, too. Gabrielle Cerberville writes with clarity, heart, and deep respect for the landscapes she explores. Cerberville shows us that the practice of foraging is not about taking, but about participating — about paying attention, showing gratitude, and approaching the natural world as a partner rather than a resource.” — Molly Williams, author of Jane Austen’s Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels“A love letter to the land, written with dirt under the nails. Gabrielle writes like she forages—carefully, reverently, and with deep attention. Her stories are as nourishing as her recipes.” — Alan Bergo, author of The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora”Gathered is the foraging and cooking companion I didn’t know I was waiting for: clear, grounded, and deeply encouraging. As someone who lives close to the land and still has so much to learn, this book made me feel excited (rather than intimidated) to head out with a basket in hand. Gabrielle Cerberville has created something truly useful for anyone who wants wild food to be part of how they live, not just a passing experiment.” — Becca Piastrelli, author of Root & Ritual: Timeless Ways to Connect to Land, Lineage, Community & the Self“Whether you are a forager, scientist, cook, or artist, Gathered is an information-packed, versatile and fun book we all need to read, consult and have at home!” — Giuliana Furci, Founding Director of the Fungi Foundation

Gabrielle Cerberville is a celebrated foraging educator, community mycologist, and climate advocate whose high-energy, humor-laced videos have attracted almost two million followers. Known online as the “Chaotic Forager” and affectionately dubbed “The Internet’s Mushroom Auntie,” she leads keynotes, workshops, and guided forays across the United States, championing accessible, ethical relationships with wild food and fungi. Gabrielle is also a PhD student at the University of Virginia, where her research in the Music Composition & Computer Technologies program explores how sound can deepen our dialogue with the natural world. Her debut book invites readers to reimagine taste, place, and responsibility.