Summer Reads Recipe: Phyllis’ Foraged Salad from The Light Pirate
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Dandelion leaves are the perfect place to start for foraging newbies! All parts of the dandelion plant are edible, and they thrive in most locations and climates.With a good wash and a deliciously simple dressing, they make the perfect light bite to accompany your book club discussions. And if you live in Florida or thereabouts? Maybe throw in some horsemint!
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp minced shallot
- 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 8 packed cups freshly foraged dandelion greens
- Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Whisk together shallot, vinegar, and oil in a small bowl; let stand 1 hour. Whisk dressing; toss with greens. Season with salt and pepper; serve.
Set in the near future, this hopeful story of survival and resilience follows Wanda—a luminous child born out of a devastating hurricane—as she navigates a rapidly changing world: A “symphony of beauty and heartbreak” (Associated Press).
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Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.
As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.
Told in four parts—power, water, light, and time—The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see, the future we would rather not greet, and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.
Includes a Reading Group Guide.