Foraging, New York City, and cocktails aren’t three concepts that come to come together under one book cover often. In Eating Wildly, Ava Chin explores the path of self-discovery while hot on the trails of edibles growing in the city’s patches of wilderness. And in the spirit of lauded foraging-based restaurant Noma, Chin’s autobiography also includes recipes based on the things she’s made, such as vodka with wild violet flowers and leaves gathered on her walks. [via Paste Magazine]

Former boxing champion Vinny Pazienza, known more loudly as “"The Pazmanian Devil,” will be the subject of a new Martin Scorsese–helmed project. Scorsese is slated to executive-produce “Bleed for This,” the cinematic version of Pazienza’s life that will be penned and directed by Ben Younger -- and star Aaron Eckhart, plus Miles Teller playing the fighter’s trainer. [via Hollywood Reporter]

Actor Jon Voight will take on the lead role in an upcoming Ernest Hemingway biopic -- to be directed by Andy Garcia, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Hemingway's niece Hilary. A key figure in the film will also be a replica of Hemingway’s beloved boat Pilar. "We've restored a 1930s wheeler boat. I also hired a boat builder, John Lubbehusen out of St. Augustine Boat Works, to build me a replica based on my research images of a Cuban fishing skiff from the 1940s and ’50s,” says Garcia. [via Contact Music]