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The sickly-sweet scent of rotting mangoes is a Miami summer staple. Our bounty is so immense that the tropical fruits are left to rot, run over by cars and nibbled by squirrels.
Meanwhile, locals at the supermarket are paying for the imported variety, straight from Mexico and Peru.
There’s something rotten in the air (besides the mangoes’ olfactory effect). If we want to sustain life on this planet past this century, we’ve all gotta start learning to be a little less dependent upon plastic-wrapped produce from Publix.
Enter Forager: A Subjective Guide to Miami’s Edible Plants, the brainchild of native-plant fans Tiffany Noé and George Echevarria. The vibrantly colorful tome offers a thoroughly instructive look at local foraging, from growing seasons to popular locations to taste profiles of 42 species.
Noé and Echevarria, along with writer Nick Vagnoni, will visit Books & Books (265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables) to help attendees learn how they can spend a bit more time exploring the outdoors and a bit less at Winn-Dixie. P. Scott Cunningham, cofounder and director of O, Miami — parent company of Forager publisher Jai-Alai Books — will lead the group in a lively and interactive discussion about our backyard salad bars.
Wed., Aug. 6, 8 p.m., 2014
