the book

The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast

By Kirk Lombard

Winner of the Northern California Book Awards 2017. Featuring over 100 black-and-white illustrations by Leighton Kelly.

Signed copies available in our online shop for $29

The first foraging guide for the California coast

In The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast, Kirk Lombard combines a startling depth of knowledge with wry humor and colorful storytelling to guide readers’ quests to hook fish, dig clams, and pick seaweed for themselves. Leighton Kelly’s stunning, occasionally idiosyncratic illustrations complement practical instructions for gathering a variety of fish and seafood and delicious recipes for what to do with each catch. Lombard, a former staff member at the state Department of Fish and Game and founder of the foraging tour company/seafood delivery service Sea Forager Seafood, insists that his readers follow all regulations and encourages sustainable practices above and beyond what the State of California requires. This quirky and useful how-to is sure to inspire an empowering epicurean adventure.

Reviews

“Lombard is a master of the nearshore environment, knowledgeable (and hilarious). This is, simply put, the best book on this subject ever written.”

Hank Shaw, James Beard Award-winning author, Hunter Angler Gardener Cookbook

“Lombard is a divinely inspired whack job—think Frank Zappa meets Aldo Leopold. If you have ever considered the idea of gathering something good to eat from the beach or surf... you need this book.”

Bill Heavey, editor-at-large, Field & Stream

“The definitive guide to foraging the Northern Californian coast. Kirk has created an ecosystem that allows us to be sustainable citizens and, more importantly, sustainable eaters.”

Andrew Zimmern, James Beard Award-winning television host, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern