In a modern era where fast food and convenience have dominated the past half century, the thought of going back to our foraging roots can seem daunting—even almost incomprehensible. Bringing her easily accessible recipes to a comprehensive book format, each chapter in Botanical is broken down into the narrative of seasons and homes in on the flavor palates that define them. By choosing quintessential profiles like sweet berries in summer, earthen flavors like maple and cider in fall, toasted undertones of coffee and chestnuts in winter, and tangy zest of life piercing through the year’s first strawberries in spring, Thalia opens our eyes and taste buds to the wealth of ingredients found in nature all around us. Botanicals—whether by themselves or in combination with other notes—heighten their surrounding flavors and introduce us to a world of endless possibilitiesr. Botanical is the balanced flavors of the wild, reflected on a plate, ready for us all to take a bite. It’s time to celebrate what the seasons have to offer us all-year round.