chaoticforager

10/26/2025

Words can’t describe how incredibly overwhelmed I feel by the reception my new book has received. It was so special to spend time celebrating with my family, friends, colleagues, and everyone who showed up this weekend at , and to have the honor of answering your questions and sharing my thoughts and feelings about this book and why I wrote it. From the amazing spicebush coquito gelato made with love by my new friend PK at to the thoughtful conversation I got to have with , to my family who came to support me (sorry Mom and Joe, IG auto-cropped you out and i couldn’t figure out how to fix it), to the wonderful community I have here, thank you. I’m so glad to have you in my life.

10/22/2025

another day, another dose of AI nonsense 🙃🙃🙃 dramatic reading courtesy of .luck

10/22/2025

Please come if you can! You'll get to meet my mom if you do! I'm so excited about this event and I can't wait to share in the joy with all of you.

"Gathered is an adventure in foraging that awakens us to the beauty of the seasons and the world we live in, heightening our senses to the crunch of snow underfoot and the sharp prick of a thorny bramble."

Join us this Friday, October 24, at 7 PM in the shop, when Gabrielle Cerberville will discuss her new book—Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life—with Matthew Burtner!

10/21/2025

Come along on the ultimate foraging journey as my big brother .luck and i go searching for my new book, “Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life,” which officially released TODAY!!!!!

10/20/2025

Tomorrow is RELEASE DAY, folks!!! Today is the LAST DAY you can get those preorders in! I’ve been an absolute wreck, but I’m trying to distract myself as much as possible. I’m SO nervous, but SO excited too!!!

10/19/2025

How relevant is my new foraging book to your region of the world? Good news: it’s relevant no matter WHERE you live!
“Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life,” isn’t really a field guide so much as it is a guide to becoming a forager. Sure, it contains a field guide, it contains beautiful and detailed descriptions and recipes and illustrations, but it’s a lot more than that. It’s a love letter to nature, an invitation to participate in the living world that surrounds and inhabits us. I promise, it’s relevant to you.

10/16/2025

Less than ONE WEEK until my new book drops! AHHHHHHH!!!! I’m so excited to get to share all this beautiful context with you, to lend you my eyes and teach you how to be a part of the land, within it and not simply on it. Preorders are SO IMPORTANT for authors, and my numbers are still kinda low, so if you’re planning on buying it, PLEASE do so asap! ♥️

10/14/2025

It’s hen of the woods season! And it’s almost exactly a week until my new book “Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life” drops!!! AHHHHHH!!! Please preorder it ASAP if you’ve procrastinated! You only have a week left to access all the awesome preorder incentives, including two extra recipes and some coloring pages from the brilliant !!!

10/11/2025

So excited to be back at Roanoke GO Outside Festival again this year! AND with a few sneaky lil copies of my book ready to sign courtesy of Rainy Day Reads 😉

10/10/2025

Preorders are a huge deal for authors, but my book (which is meticulously fact-checked, written ZERO AI, and maybe even a little beautiful and profound) is trailing behind AI slop books generated by grifters who steal your money and give you inaccurate and potentially dangerous “information.”

I hate asking for help, but I believe in this book SO MUCH and I’m so excited to share it with you!

10/09/2025

I included the American chestnut, , in my upcoming foraging book, “Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life.” It might seem like a weird choice, considering that it’s a functionally extinct tree, but I think it deserved to be there. The American chestnut stands as a symbol to both human folly and human brilliance, as we have managed to both destroy and repair. I think it’s a beautiful and hopeful image of what foragers try to do in nature — belong to it, take responsibility for it, and honor its many gifts.
Check out VACF for more info, and preorder “Gathered” anywhere books are sold!

07/04/2025

Join up at UVA today at 1 PM! I’ll be there to stand with my friends and colleagues against the attempted takeover of my university by anti-academic fascists.