Fieldwork - A Forager's Memoir

From National Book Award¿nominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, spanning her ancestry in Eastern Europe, her childhood in rural Indiana, and her new life set in the remote forests of Michigan¿s Upper Peninsula. Fieldwork explores how Regan¿s complex gender identity informs her acclaimed work as a chef and her profound experience of the natural world.

About the author

Iliana Regan is the creator of the Michelin star-awarded restaurant Elizabeth, which she turned over to her employees in 2020 in order to run the Milkweed Inn bed and breakfast in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In 2019 her debut memoir, Burn the Place, was longlisted for the National Book Award, the first time a food writer was so recognized since Julia Child won in the year Regan was born, 40 years ago. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Summary

From National Book Awardnominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, spanning her ancestry in Eastern Europe, her childhood in rural Indiana, and her new life set in the remote forests of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Foreword

• Buzz Books selection
  
• National print, broadcast, and online reviews, interviews, and features
  
• Promotion to food media
  
• Promotion to nature and environmental outlets 
  
• Promotion to regional media
  
• Chicago/regional bookseller outreach
  
• Extensive social media campaign, including giveaways
  

Product details

• Authors: Iliana Regan
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2024
• EAN: 9781572843325
• ISBN: 978-1-57284-332-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, NATURE / Plants / General, Michigan, Indiana, COOKING / Essays & Narratives, COOKING / Individual Chefs & Restaurants, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, TV / Celebrity chef / eateries cookbooks, Edible wild plants and foraging, COOKING / Celebrities & Media Tie-In, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs