This practical guide to North American edible plants explains where to find them, when and how to gather them, and how to prepare them. Detailed drawings and descriptions allow for accurate identification of each plant discussed. More than 500 recipes are included, ranging from common to exotic dishes using plant seeds, flowers, fruits, leaves, stems, and roots.
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Bradford Angier is the author of numerous best-selling books on nature and outdoor living, including Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants (978-0-8117-2076-2), Wilderness Shelters and How to Build Them (978-1-5857-4430-5), and Looking for Gold (978-0-8117-2034-2).
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Bradford Angier (1910 - 1997) was a wilderness survivalist and the author of numerous best-selling books on nature, survival, and living off the land.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Feasting Free on Wild Edibles (Paperback)
This is the first book I've found that ever really tells you what wild plants are edible.It's not a "read through" book, but it is eminently valueable for finding out if specific nuts/berries/roots are edible. There are line drawings and Latin names to help with identification. The writing style is informative but not persnicketty. Each plant has 'receipes' and occasionally anecdotes. Infact there are so many 'receipes' that it occasionally comes over as a frusterated gormet cookbook! But don't worry; the first and best purpose is finding out which plants are edible. How to prepare them is merely a bonus. In short, this is what I've been looking for for years: a consise, trustworthy guide to identifying wild edibles. amr
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Feasting Free on Wild Edibles,
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I really enjoyed this book! It is broken down according to type of wild edible (ex. fruit, pot herb, salad, beverages, nuts, etc. The only thing I would change would be the layout under each plant. It's hard to discern where the recipes are because they are incorporated right into the paragraph. It would be nice if the recipes were titled and had lists of ingredients and then directions.
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Bah!,
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This review is from: Feasting Free on Wild Edibles (Paperback)
This is a really mediocre book with even more mediocre line drawings and the layout is poor. The "recipes" are integrated in narrative style right into the same area of the book that contains botanical information about the plant. The book also contains useless information about what Native Americans did with the plant 150 years ago. Personally, I find it very hard to identify plants from simple, black and white drawings, particularly when said drawings are small and not very good, and most particularly when it is a plant I intend on eating! I am really sorry I purchased this book, but I purchased it together with another book called "The Forager's Harvest" by Samuel Thayer which is, by contrast, EXCELLENT.
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IT'S DIFFICULT TO travel across a corner of North America, from the very deserts to the glittering ice cakes of the Arctic Ocean, that doesn't regularly yield wholesome and often delectable wild fruit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hot sterilized glasses, heavy frypan, lettuce saxifrage, halved clove, green amaranth, diced slices, branch with leaves, rock tripe, mountain sorrel, rum cherry, prickly lettuce, rum cherries, prairie turnips, winter cress, scurvy grass, stalk with leaves, chopped watercress, wild coffee, wild lettuce, young stalks, rock cress, drunk cold, jelly bag, white bread crumbs, moderate oven Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, British Columbia, New England, North America, New Brunswick, New World, Gulf of Mexico, Maritime Provinces, New Mexico, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, New Jersey, Great Lakes, American Revolution, New York New!
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IT'S DIFFICULT TO travel across a corner of North America, from the very deserts to the glittering ice cakes of the Arctic Ocean, that doesn't regularly yield wholesome and often delectable wild fruit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hot sterilized glasses, heavy frypan, lettuce saxifrage, halved clove, green amaranth, diced slices, branch with leaves, rock tripe, mountain sorrel, rum cherry, prickly lettuce, rum cherries, prairie turnips, winter cress, scurvy grass, stalk with leaves, chopped watercress, wild coffee, wild lettuce, young stalks, rock cress, drunk cold, jelly bag, white bread crumbs, moderate oven Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, British Columbia, New England, North America, New Brunswick, New World, Gulf of Mexico, Maritime Provinces, New Mexico, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, New Jersey, Great Lakes, American Revolution, New York New!
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