Maria Finn is an author, chef and storyteller who creates food & art experiences inspired by wild places. She’s the author of several books, articles, essays and short stories. Her cookbook, Forage. Gather. Feast. launched in April 2024. She was the Chef-In-Residence at Stochastic Labs in Berkeley – an incubator for artists, scientists and tech engineers. She’s told stories and given talks for The Moth Mainstage, SoCap, Ocean Conservancy and many others. She is the founder of
Flora & Fungi Adventures, which hosts wild food-centric adventures from California all the way north to Alaska and
The Institute for Ecosystem Based Living that produces events with science, art and food. She also hosts truffle talks, tastings and truffle hunting demonstrations with her dog Flora Jayne.