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Author
Publisher
Green Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Foraging for Edible Wild Plants is a practical and attractive guide to the many edible varieties of wild plant that grow all around us. It will appeal to gardeners, botanists, cooks and foragers, and to anyone who wants to control invasive plants and weeds in eco-friendly ways. Foraging for Edible Wild Plants covers both common plants, such as nettle, dandelion, chickweed and ground elder, and less common ones, such as brooklime and wintercress....
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Forager Chef's Guide to Flora explores some of the most exciting ingredients available today-but more importantly, it gives home cooks and chefs alike a whole new way of seeing and thinking about all vegetable ingredients-by looking at them through a trained forager's eyes. Over the past fifteen years, Minnesota chef Alan Bergo has become one of the nation's most exciting and resourceful chefs. Watching wild plants grow and searching for new...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From fields to woodlands, riverbeds, and lakesides-and even in our own neighborhoods-the beautiful Midwest is rich in delicious wild edibles. Herbalist, forager, and urban farmer Lisa M. Rose helps you find peppery watercress and delectable nettles at a nearby lake in the spring and nutritious burdock roots from sunny fields in the fall. Try brewing chai from roasted hickory or beech nuts, or capturing the citrus notes of pine needles in a lightly...
Author
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A recent rise in the popularity of urban farming, farmers' markets, and foraging from nature is evidence of a widespread interest in the origins of our food. In The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants, botanists Lytton John Musselman and Harold J. Wiggins coach you on how to safely identify, gather, and prepare delicious dishes from readily available plants-and clearly indicate which ones to avoid. More than 100 color illustrations, accompanied by detailed...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Wild Wisdom of Weeds is the only book on foraging and edible weeds to focus on the thirteen weeds found all over the world, each of which represents a complete food source and extensive medical pharmacy and first-aid kit. More than just a field guide to wild edibles, it is a global plan for human survival.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking collection of nearly 500 wild food recipes, celebrated New York City forager, cook, kitchen gardener, and writer Marie Viljoen incorporates wild ingredients into everyday and special occasion fare. Motivated by a hunger for new flavors and working with thirty-six versatile wild plants-some increasingly found in farmers markets-she offers deliciously compelling recipes for everything from cocktails and snacks to appetizers, entrées,...
Publisher
Althea Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Wild plants are not only beautiful, but they can also be an affordable and sustainable way to add flavor and nutrition to your diet. Edible Wild Plants for Beginners provides you with the essential information and guidance to begin foraging for edible wild plants and including them in your diet. Edible Wild Plants for Beginners provides profiles of common edible wild plants and includes information on dangerous look-alikes, the best time to harvest,...
Author
Publisher
Storey Pub
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Discover food in the plant life all around you: your backyard, your front yard, or a nearby park or vacant lot might be rich with edible possibilities. Ellen Zachos, an experienced foraging guide, safely leads you through harvesting etiquette, plant identification, and tips on how to eat the leaves flowers, nuts, seeds and mushrooms that are there for the taking. Foraging - the fun, safe, and free way to eat locally Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publsishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Purchasing vegetables and leafy greens can become rather pricy. Moreover store-bought greens often contain unhealthy pesticides and chemicals that can be harmful to your health. Foraging for wild plants is a cost effective and healthy alternative. Harvested wild plants are cheaper, and much healthier with a significantly higher nutritional value than what you typically purchase in grocery stores contain. On top of that, harvesting your own plants...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, guide to wild foods and useful plants is more than a listing of plant types--it teaches how to recognize edible plants and where to find them, their medicinal and nutritional properties, and their growing cycles. This new edition features...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"We can all make tasty and surprising dishes from wild food found in our cities. With expert advice from professional forager and bestselling Timber author Lisa Rose, alongside elegant photography, this handy guide explains how to identify and where to find 50 plants that grow across the temperate US; accompanying simple recipes help prepare wild feasts"--
Author
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books, an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A Guide to Wild Food Foraging is an extensive on-the-go directory of more than 100 profiles for wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, seaweeds, and shellfish. Each profile provides tips on identification, seasonality, location, what and when to harvest, and how to prepare and use them in delicious recipes. This compact field guide has all the information you need to forage food, alongside new, high-quality photographs and illustrations to help...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn the way of the forager and identify, harvest, and prepare wild plants by season. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to gather wild plants growing around you for your food and medicine instead of a drugstore to treat a common ailment? The Forager's Handbook is an essential guide for living this lifestyle year-round. With more than forty years of experience in the world of plants, forager Vickie Shufer empowers you to maintain and...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Helen Lehndorf moves to the city after a childhood living off the land in rural Taranaki, she can't help but feel different from her peers and professors. She finds solace in long walks foraging weeds and plants along the river, but something inside her still longs for home. Chasing a feeling of ancestral belonging, she travels to England with her new husband. There they learn about nature as the commons, shared between all who encounter it -...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Emphasizing balance, recipe developer Jess Damuck shares more than 100 of her favorite easy, vegetable-centric dishes, which include just an occasional bit of meat, dairy, or decadence. Jess turns her considerable talent for creating gorgeous, obsession-worthy recipes to traditional health food--from smoothies to salads to grain bowls and tofu stir-fries--giving the genre a playful and delicious update, amping up the colors, textures, and flavors,...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"How to Forage for Wild Foods without Dying is a book for anyone who likes to go on nature walks and would like to learn about the edible plants they're most likely to come across-no matter what region they're in. Author Ellen Zachos shares her considerable expertise, acquired over decades of foraging in every part of North America. She offers clear, concise descriptions of edible wild plants, in addition to any potential lookalikes, as well as critical...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Now more than ever Americans want to know where their food comes from, and, foraging--once relegated to natural foods extremists--has moved into the mainstream. From food world darlings David Chang and Rene Redzepi discussing the idea of foraging in Central Park to home cooks finding purslane in their backyards or nettles at farmer's markets, the whole country is embracing this practical, delicious, back-to-the land trend, a natural extension of...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Nourish your family from nature's pantry. Foraging as a Way of Life documents a full year of wildcrafting for abundant local and seasonal eating. Lavishly illustrated, detailed descriptions of each plant are written in an accessible style, complemented by profiles, recipes, and tips for safe and sustainable harvesting."--
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