Foraging Is Part Of Swedish Identity; Now Its Countryside Is The Wildest Restaurant

Swede dreams are made of this: In the spring, four Michelin-starred Swedish chefs were recruited by their government to drum up restaurant-quality recipes made from ingredients that can be foraged from the areas around 13 picnic tables scattered across the Swedish countryside.

The result is The Edible Country, which has billed itself as "the world's largest restaurant." The idea: Diners book a table, then show up and forage for the ingredients they'll need to prepare — for themselves — one of the recipes concocted by the top chefs. For a fee, diners can also hire a chef to make the meals for them. Think of it as fine dining's version of glamping.

Edible Country has served more than 1,000 diners since its debut on May 1. Some tables have been booked almost nonstop. Although.