Alexis Nikole Nelson

So it has jumped it up to the bestseller list again.

And then some indie bestsellers that you should know about, uh, one of them is Happy Snacking Don't Die: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with a Black Forager, a cookbook by Alexis Nicole Nelson.

I have gotten a lot of videos by Alexis Nicole Nelson on, you know, Reels or TikTok or whatever, and she is super fun and engaging and has so many interesting things to say.

So I imagine this'll be a, a really good book if you're interested in foraging.

If anyone out there has taken these mushrooms, again, not recommending anyone do drugs, but if you have, can you please let us know what you saw, and if you made friends with your elves or what happened? I need to know now.

Also, I, uh, shout out, uh, one of my favorite TikTokers, Black Forager.

She makes these awesome videos about like here's fun things you can find in nature to make food out of and, or like two almost exact looking things and be like, "One of these is poisonous and one of them's not.

Which one is it?" So I feel like-

I welcome any invitation to put down my phone, and what could be more enticing than to put it down and head outdoors? Nobody wants to prescribe this activity for you more than Alexis Nikole Nelson.

Known to many as Black Forager, Alexis advocates for connecting with nature while on the lookout for all of its edible offerings.

She also has a plan to put what you find to good use in her first cookbook, Happy Snacking, Don't Die.

Hey, if there's two rules to live by.

Two rules to live by.

So I like to joke, I had no say in the matter becoming this way.

It's kind of been destined just based off of who both of my parents are.

And so the first part of your book name is Happy Snacking.

It's a tool for landscape architects, but also super helpful for park managers and operations staff.

Alexis Nikole Nelson is quite possibly the smartest, funniest, cutest person working in horticulture today.

Thank goodness her book just came out and we can finally cook her delicious recipes.

Happy Snacking, Don't Die is a foraging guide that includes jokes and stories and a lot of earnest hilariousness alongside recipes.

Brown Boost is a segment where I shine a spotlight on a topic, a person, a community, a company, whatever I please, that is giving me joy and that's doing something great for people, is doing something great for our community.

And today I wanna spotlight Alexis Nikole Nelson, AKA the Black Forager.

Alexis just joined me on Brown Ambition.

If you haven't listened to my interview with her, it's one podcast episode behind this one.

Damn it.

We're gonna have the Black Forager-

Yeah

... on this show one of these years.