Wild in the Kitchen: Recipes for Wild Fruits, Weeds, and Seeds [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Ronna Mogelon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2001

Includes over 75 delectable recipes for plants growing in the woods, fields, along roadsides and even in the front lawn.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This small book provides a brief survey of "wild edibles" from berries to mushrooms, along with 75 recipes, from Cloudberry Muffins to Pink Clover Vinaigrette to Stir-Fried Milkweed. A chef who lives in an old log house in rural Ontario, Mogelon observes in her bibliography that Euell Gibbons's Stalking the Wild Asparagus is "the book that basically started it all," and his and other books are more comprehensive than this one. Still, larger collections may want to consider Mogelon's as well.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Those still fascinated with the hunter-gatherer stage of food-creation development will relish the recipes for wild foods found in Mogelon's Wild in the Kitchen. Mogelon has combed America's roadsides for fiddleheads, morels, milkweed, chokecherries, hawthorns, nannyberries, and other comestibles that appear without cultivation. For most of these, preparation is simple, involving some cooking and sweetening. Others, such as Jerusalem artichokes, need extra attention, and some merely flavor everyday dishes as does wild mint in tabbouleh salad. As with all wild foods, accurate botanical identification is critical to prevent confusion with toxic species. Mark Knoblauch
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Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: M.Evans & Company (May 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871319462
• ISBN-13: 978-0871319463
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,147,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wild about Wild on Park Avenue, June 17, 2002

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This review is from: Wild in the Kitchen: Recipes for Wild Fruits, Weeds, and Seeds (Paperback)

What a wonderful read! Can't wait to leave the Big Apple for the wilds of Westchester to start picking my dinner. The recipes are fun to read and I bet they will be an adventure to gather and delicious to eat.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delicious read!, August 8, 2001

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This review is from: Wild in the Kitchen: Recipes for Wild Fruits, Weeds, and Seeds (Paperback)

Not only is the author a talented artist (I adore her cat book), but she sure can cook. Making the most of what nature provides in abundance on her farm in eastern Canada, Ms Mogelon provides a range of simple recipes not to be found in but the most exotic restaurant. I can't wait for her next offerings.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book, June 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Wild in the Kitchen: Recipes for Wild Fruits, Weeds, and Seeds (Paperback)

Pink Sumac Lemonade, Chinese-Style Stir-Fried Milkweed, and Sauteed Day Lily Buds are only three of the tantalizing recipes in this delightful, offbeat and, above all, useful book. The ingredients may be wild but the recipe directions are precise, while the prose is luscious. It's hard not to love a book whose author introduces you to a daddy longlegs named Oscar as well as the lovely maroon flower of the wild ginger plant. The illustrations are vivacious. And I know that, come autumn, I'm going to want a cup of Labrador Tea.