Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts

Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts
Author: Katie Letcher Lyle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-05-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0762763035

Edible wild plants, mushrooms, fruits, and nuts grow along roadsides, amid country fields, and in urban parks. All manner of leafy greens, mushrooms, and herbs that command hefty prices at the market are bountiful outdoors and free for the taking. But to enjoy them, one must know when to harvest and how to recognize, prepare, and eat them. The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts provides everything one needs to know about the most commonly found wild foods—going beyond a field guide’s basic description to provide folklore and mouth-watering recipes for each entry, such as wild asparagus pizza, fiddlehead soup, blackberry mousse, and elderberry pie. This fully illustrated guide is the perfect companion for hikers, campers, and anyone who enjoys eating the good food of the earth. With it in hand, nature lovers will never take another hike without casting their eyes about with dinner in mind.

A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America

A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America
Author: Lee Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1978
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780395926222

More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.

Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of the Midwest

Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of the Midwest
Author: Matthew Alfs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781681341750

An authoritative and easy-to-use reference to the medicinal and edible properties of wild plants from throughout the upper Midwest. An essential guide for anyone interested in natural healing.

Edible Wild Plants

Edible Wild Plants
Author: Thomas S. Elias
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781402767159

Presents a season-by-season guide to the identification, harvest, and preparation of more than two hundred common edible plants to be found in the wild.

Wild Edibles

Wild Edibles
Author: Sergei Boutenko
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2013-07-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1583946276

Sergei Boutenko’s groundbreaking field guide to the art and science of foraging and preparing wild edible plants—includes 300+ photos of 60 plants **An Amazon Editors' Pick -- Best Cookbooks, Food & Wine** In Wild Edibles, Sergei Boutenko’s bestselling work on the art and science of live-food wildcrafting, readers will learn how to safely identify 60 delicious trailside weeds, herbs, fruits, and greens growing all around us. It also outlines basic rules for safe wild-food foraging and discusses poisonous plants, plant identification protocols, gathering etiquette, and conservation strategies. But the journey doesn’t end there. Rooted in Boutenko’s robust foraging experience, botanary science, and fresh dietary perspectives, this practical companion gives hikers, backpackers, raw foodists, gardeners, chefs, foodies, DIYers, survivalists, and off-the-grid enthusiasts the necessary tools to transform their simple harvests into safe, delicious, and nutrient-rich recipes. Special features include: 60 edible plant descriptions, most of them found worldwide 300+ color photos that make plant identification easy and safe 67 tasty, high-nutrient plant-based recipes, including green smoothies, salads and salad dressings, spreads and crackers, main courses, juices, and sweets For the wildly adventurous and playfully rebellious, Wild Edibles will expand your food options, providing readers with the inspiration and essential know-how to live more healthy (yet thrifty), more satisfying (yet sustainable) lives.

Edible Wild Plants of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States

Edible Wild Plants of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States
Author: Richard J. Medve
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780271038414

Ralph Waldo Emerson defined a weed as a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. To the wild-plant enthusiast who has discovered the virtues of many plants, there are relatively few weeds. After using this book, you will never again consider lamb's-quarters a weed. Instead, you will nurture it with respect and even encourage its growth in your garden. Edible Wild Plants of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States contains botanically accurate, up-to-date information essential for the identification of more than one hundred delectable wild plants. Each plant entry provides characteristics, habitat, distribution, edible parts, food uses, precautions, and preparation, followed by tasty recipes and interesting remarks about the plant's botanical history. The plants are arranged according to height, with the ground-huggers appearing first and the trees last. Each plant is also cross-referenced by common and scientific names. The authors have written this book with the novice forager in mind, including useful tips on foraging from where to search for food to precautions to take. They also provide a list of toxic look-alikes, a nutrient composition chart, and a glossary of terms.

Edible Wild Plants

Edible Wild Plants
Author: John Kallas
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1423616596

The founder of Wild Food Adventures presents the definitive, fully illustrated guide to foraging and preparing wild edible greens. Beyond the confines of our well-tended vegetable gardens, there is a wide variety of fresh foods growing in our yards, neighborhoods, or local woods. All that’s needed to take advantage of this wild bounty is a little knowledge and a sense of adventure. In Edible Wild Plants, wild foods expert John Kallas covers easy-to-identify plants commonly found across North America. The extensive information on each plant includes a full pictorial guide, recipes, and more. This volume covers four types of wild greens: Foundation Greens: wild spinach, chickweed, mallow, and purslane Tart Greens: curlydock, sheep sorrel, and wood sorrel Pungent Greens: wild mustard, wintercress, garlic mustard, and shepherd’s purse Bitter Greens: dandelion, cat’s ear, sow thistle, and nipplewort

Edible Wild Plants and Herbs

Edible Wild Plants and Herbs
Author: Alan M. Cvancara
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780071368278

Designed for quick reference, this Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guide provides concise, easy-to-understand details on the identification and edibility of 50 of the most common plants in the U.S. and Canada. 75 photos.

The Forager's Harvest

The Forager's Harvest
Author: Samuel Thayer
Publisher: Foragers Harvest Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780976626602

A practical guide to all aspects of edible wild plants: finding and identifying them, their seasons of harvest, and their methods of collection and preparation. Each plant is discussed in great detail and accompanied by excellent color photographs. Includes an index, illustrated glossary, bibliography, and harvest calendar. The perfect guide for all experience levels.