Pickling and Preserving Mushrooms with Gabrielle Cerberville
Richmond Pickle Party
Bar Solita - Events Mezzanine
23 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Limited Seating
Join @ChaoticForager, Gabriel Cerberville, at this informative book talk and cooking demo. We’ll celebrate Cerberville’s newest book, Gathered - On Feasting and the Seasonal Life and delve into the mysterious and mouthwatering art of pickling and preserving mushrooms.
Books will be available from The Lit Bae Book Shop
Mushrooms generously provided by Easterday Mushroom Company
Bar Solita, located in the Metro Sound building in the historic Downtown Art District, offers vacation vibes and flavorful dishes inspired by cuisines from all over the world. Known for tapas, unique wines, cocktails and cozy bites from their wood-fired oven. They have comfortable options for large group dining and private banquets as well. Bar Solita will feature food and drink specials including pickle pizza, cocktails and more.
Vegan and Vegetarian options.
Gabrielle Cerberville, otherwise known as Chaotic Forager and sometimes as the Internet’s Mushroom Auntie, is a celebrated foraging educator, community mycologist, and climate advocate based in the Charlottesville area.
Known for her informative, funny, high-energy social media content, which has gained her nearly two million followers across platforms, Gabrielle has given keynotes, classes, and forays around the country. A current PhD student at the University of Virginia in the Music Composition and Computer Technologies program, Gabrielle researches the intersection between art, science, and our responsibility to understand, protect, and communicate with the natural world.
Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life
Gabrielle Cerberville
HarperCollins, Oct 21, 2025 - Nature - 304 pages
From “the Internet’s Mushroom Auntie,” a stunning, illustrated guide to foraging and the bounties to be had, both personal and edible, in exploring the world around us and using the gifts it has to offer in our lives.
