This year, from May 13-May 15, I will be teaching multi-faceted adventure centered in the woodlands surrounding Warren Wilson College, incorporating self-discovery through writing, focusing on the five senses. Attendees will roam the many pathways that crisscross the college woodlands, pause to journal and observe, and bring home wild edibles to create delectable bites as hunger sets in. This is part of the Mountain Institute for Lifelong Learning series, and is called Writing, Foraging & Tasting the Woods. Learn more and register.
For articles and speaking events, stay tuned! For now, browse the book selection below. All can be purchased at your favorite local bookstore, at any major retailer, or directly from the author.
Cooking with Truffles: A Chef’s Guide (Séguret 2021) is a collection of 150 recipes from Chef Susi Gott Séguret, author of Appalachian Appetite and Child of the Woods, ranging from the simple to the sublime, including an introduction to truffle history—both at home and abroad—as well as truffle science and geography, and notes on taste profiles and seasonality. Recipes are enhanced by this delectable ingredient, but also stand well on their own. Anecdotes and photos throughout bring a cookbook that’s a true feast for the senses.
Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America (Séguret 2016) is a groundbreaking, influential cookbook featuring over 100 recipes that represent an innovative take on tradition, with contributions and stories from the mountain region’s best chefs, restaurants, and citizens. From Asheville to Nashville, and Mississippi to Maine, when asked which cuisine most typifies America, chefs are bound to tell you it stems from the South, the heartbeat of which is Appalachia. Appalachian Appetite is filled with recipes straight from the heart of America.
Child of the Woods: An Appalachian Odyssey (Séguret 2019) is a uniquely beautiful collection of short stories that capture the wonder of growing up in the natural settings of rural Appalachia. Author Susi Gott Séguret hails from the very depths of Appalachia in Madison County, North Carolina. More than just a collection of childhood stories, Child of the Woods is an invitation to go a-wandering, to traipse through the underbrush in search of adventure and excitement, experiencing the majesty of nature anew, through the eyes of a true child of the woods.
A Chef’s Book of Favorite Culinary Quotations (Séguret 2021), compiled by Susi Gott Séguret, features over 200 fun and inspirational quotes for anyone who loves to cook, eat, and entertain, or simply loves to dream about all of the above. Food is a major part of our lives. We all eat, and most of us have to cook. But even though Julia Child and Irma Rombauer and other visionaries inspired us to think of cooking as a joy, many of us still need to be reminded that cooking and eating can be fun and inspirational as well as essential! A Chef’s Book of Favorite Culinary Quotations highlights words of wisdom from a wide variety of voices, including those in the food world and beyond. This scrumptious collection is a perfect gift for the food lover in all of us.