Fall. The search for a wild weed ; Flushing, Queens, 1970s -- Winter. into the urban wild, field garlic & hummus ; Mushroom of immortality, reishi tea -- Spring. A communion with the earth, wood sorrel micro-greens ; Gifts of spring ; A wild foods brunch, wild greens pie ; Foraging eyes, motherwort, drying techniques -- Summer. The mother borough, mulberry-balsamic jam ; A wild lawn, scrambled eggs "lambsquarterine" ; A recipe for forgiveness, blackberry-buckwheat pancakes ; A mysterious fungus, how to make a mushroom spore print -- Spring. The yellow morel, instructions for drying/storing wild morels ; The perfect meal, wild morel linguini ; The queen, wild honey & parmesan cracker drizzles ; When food was food -- Fall. A wild tart, urban forager wild oyster mushroom, fig, & goat cheese tart with carmelized onions

Chin, who writes the "Wild Edibles" column for the New York Times, goes looking for love, blackberries, and wild garlic in this wildly uneven, yet warmly exhilarating memoir. Trekking through Central Park and other urban beaten paths and backyards, Chin leads us on a journey of discovery as she searches for the tender shoots poking through cement cracks and hardy wild plants resisting winter's bite