Book Recommendations
Discover the city’s edible treasures! In his book “Edible City,” Maurice Maggi takes readers on a culinary journey and shows how wild plants can be transformed into creative vegetarian recipes.
In his book, Zurich guerrilla gardener and chef Maurice Maggi (1955–2024) takes readers on a culinary journey of discovery to the city’s edible treasures and shows how to turn them into simple, original delicacies. More than 70 vegetarian recipes open up a forgotten world and reveal how much flavor, seasoning, and variety can be found right on our doorstep. They invite us to see urban nature in a whole new light, experiment, and engage with it playfully. This is truly creative cooking, allowing the flavors and seasonings of often overlooked ingredients to develop and shine. Packed with striking, atmospheric photographs, this is a book that changes the way we see the city.