Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook

A project in Accord, NY by Dina Falconi and Wendy Hollender
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Identify wild edible plants with instructive, botanical illustrations; Harvest & cook them into delicious food with our recipes.
Backers: 2315
Average Pledge Per Backer: $50

Funded: $115,026 of $25,000
Dates: Jan 24th -> Mar 10th (45 days)
Project By: Dina Falconi and Wendy Hollender
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Latest News

Foraging & Feasting Progress Report

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all of our wonderful supporters, Our very first backer Terry Elvers sent us this comment a couple of hours ago:  "Have not heard from you in a while... how is it going?" Here is our response to Terry and to all of you: We are working hard... (Read More)

We did it! Remarkably awesome! You rocked our world!

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday was an exciting day for us as we counted down the last seconds of our 45 day Kickstarter campaign. You helped us surpass our wildest expectations and now we are working hard to meet your wildest expectations: Our book!  We have finished... (Read More)

Help Us Make History

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Help us make history! No cookbook has ever reached $100,000 on Kickstarter. Astonishingly, because of your generous support we are almost there ($91,414). For these upcoming final seven days we ask that you continue to help us spread the word. Please... (Read More)

OMG: Amazing! Over $87,000 already pledged with 12 more days to go.

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
OMG: Amazing! Over $87,000 already pledged with 12 more days to go. We are so grateful for your support. We thank you for your generosity and we also ask that you please continue to share our project with folks who might find it of interest. We love... (Read More)

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Lovers of Plants and Food, Dina finds herself in the final whirlwind of book-production activities: editing, final page layouts, and book design. Wendy, who is in Hawaii teaching botanical drawing, reports that many of the plants in our book... (Read More)

The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com: Go Wild: Foraging & Feasting

February 8th - via: epicurious.com
Two friends are combining their shared interests and individual talents to publish a foraging guide and cookbook. Foraging & Feasting, they say, (Read More)

Delightfully Dizzy

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings to our wonderful backers, Wendy and I feel delightfully dizzy with 30 days to go and already over $73,000 has been pledged. We cannot thank you enough! As we continue working on the final stages of book production (edit, design, layout), we... (Read More)

Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook

February 7th - via: rollmagazine.com
Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook written by Dina Falconi and illustrated by Wendy Hollender celebrates our local bounty and traditional foodways. Featuring beautiful, instructive botanical illustrations and delicious, enlightening recipes, Dina and Wendy share a long commitment to connecting with nature through food and art. This effort weaves together Dina’s 30 years of passionate investigations into wild-​​plant identification, foraging and cooking with Wendy’s deft artistic skills honed over 15 years as a botanical illustrator. (Read More)

Foraging & Feasting-Kickstarter launch party at Hollengold Farm in Accord

February 3rd - via: bluestonepress.net
Come celebrate the launching of Dina Falconi and Wendy Hollender’s new book, Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2-4 p.m. at Hollengold Farm, located at 222 Lower Whitfield Road in Accord. Get a sneak peak of the book and support the project. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP at foragingandfeasting.com.
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Our project went viral?+%!!!

January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone, This is an amazing time for us. Two days ago we were pleasantly surprised to learn that Kickstarter had chosen our book as “Project of The Day”. By the end of that day we had reached 85% of our goal ($20,000).  All of a sudden at... (Read More)

News Flash

January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
News flash: The Kickstarter staff has picked our book Foraging & Feasting as “Project of the Day”. How amazing! Check it out: http://www.kickstarter.com/ Please help us spread the word about our project. We thank you!  (Read More)

Kickstarter Campaign for ‘Foraging and Feasting’

January 29th - via: artplantaetoday.com
Botanical artist Wendy Hollender and clinical herbalist Dina Falconi have created a cookbook that is also an illustrated field guide to wild plants. They have completed three years of writing, drawing, designing and recipe testing and are now ready to self-publish their book! (Read More)

Update and Information on ordering Multiple Items

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello to all our Awesome Backers! We feel blessed by your generosity. We are encountering a good problem: We have been getting requests to order multiple rewards. Kickstarter only allows you to order one. So we recommend that you choose one reward,... (Read More)

Our first 24 Hours

January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow!  We are completely blown away by your enthusiasm and willingness to fund our FORAGING & FEASTING project!  As of noon today (24 hours in to our campaign we have reached  31% of our goal,  having received $7909  from 111 backers. We have... (Read More)

Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook

January 24th - via: altwire.utne.com
Identify wild edible plants with instructive, botanical illustrations; Harvest & cook them into delicious food with our recipes. Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook celebrates our local bounty and traditional foodways. (Read More)

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