An extraordinary 70-year old female farmer, Eva Sommaripa, created a ShangriLa refuge of uncommon herbs, greens, and wild edibles. Boston chef Didi Emmons spent a year on the 200-acre farm and her book, “Wild Flavors,” captures the magic, wonder, and knowledge from her experiences. Eco-chef Emmons will speak on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 from 7 pm to 8 pm. in the Keys Community Room (lower level) of the Milton Library, 476 Canton Avenue in Milton. The free event, sponsored by the Friends of the Milton Library, is open to the public.

Discover 46 uncommon garden plants profiled. Learn about prepping, storing, preserving, as well as the health benefits of wild edibles. “Wild Flavors” is a wild food forager’s adventures through the seasons, and a nominee for the IACP award.

Ms. Emmons is the founding chef of Haley House Bakery Café in Roxbury, MA, and is now the Head Chef and Teacher at “Take Back the Kitchen” at Haley House. She opened and managed kitchens at three other restaurants in the Boston area over the last twenty years: The DeLux in the South End, Pho Republique in Cambridge, and Veggie Planet in Harvard Square, of which she was the co-owner for seven years.

Ms. Emmons’ first book, Vegetarian Planet, sold over 200,000 copies.

Entertaining for a Veggie Planet, her second book, won the 2004 IACP Award in the Healthy and Special Diet category. Wild Flavors is her third cookbook. She received a B.S. in foodservice management from New York University and a Grand Diplome from La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris. She has written for the Boston Globe, Cooking Light, Vegetarian Times, Edible Boston, and Food Arts, and other publications.

For more information, contact Jean Hlady, Adult Services Librarian, at (617) 698- 5757 or visit the library’s website, www.miltonlibrary.org.