Review: The Deerholme Foraging Cookbook by Bill Jones
The Deerholme Foraging Cookbook : Wild Ingredients and Recipes from the Pacific Northwest, revised and updated by Bill Jones TouchWood Editions (2024) I was honoured to review the revised and updated edition of Jones' foraging introduction and cookbook for The British Columbia Review. It's full of great information and tasty recipes. It really was a culinary discovery for me. This article was originally published by The BC Review on October 28, 2024. *** “If you can’t find the Himalayan Blackberry, you are probably not trying.” -Bill Jones, The Deerholme Foraging Cookbook I love the idea of foraging for food. I conjure an image of myself, driving up a dirt road somewhere in the British Columbia wilderness with a map in hand, baskets secured on my arms, and a good hat to block the sun. My booted feet tread carefully over fallen logs and streams, listening to bird song. Then I’m drawn rudely back to the reality of the only foraging I actually do regularly: picking the Himalay
