The Wild Food Gourmet: Fresh and savory food from nature [Paperback]

Anne Gardon (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Canadian author Anne Gardon makes a persuasive case for enjoying the bounty of wild edibles underfoot. She picks easy-to-identity plants that are not threatened by extinction. Included are tips on foraging, preserving, drying and freezing, along with recipes that are quite simple but elegant. -- Kansas City Star

Containing exceptional photos, this book will appeal to many: gardeners, amateur botanists, restaurateurs and creative cooks. -- Explore Magazine

Filled with attractive photos of everything -- wild herbs as well as the dishes made from them. -- The American Herb Association, Vol 15, #4, 2000

Picking wild edibles can add a bounty of new tastes to your table. This colorful book offers more than 100 recipes from ingredients like greens, fruits and berries, mushrooms and roots that you can gather yourself. -- Jim Carlons, Country Almanac, Spring 2000

Product Description

Discover Savory Meals in Nature

In The Wild Food Gourmet, Anne Gardon guides you through nature's bounty, and into your kitchen. Lavishly illustrated with over 75 colorful, inspiring photographs, this book identifies which nutritious weeds, mushrooms, berries, and asparagus from your garden or neighboring park will fit deliciously and healthfully into your meals. She has chosen her favorite plants, full of flavor and easy to identify and pick.

The 100 recipes are easy, economical, healthy, and quick to prepare. They combine fresh produce gathered in the wild with food from the market. Try Maritime Fiddleheads, Lamb's Quarter's Quiche, Cattail Pollen Soufflé, Chinese Soup with Fairy Ring Mushrooms, and Raspberry Liqueur.

This book is an essential companion while hiking and camping.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books; 1ST edition (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552092429
• ISBN-13: 978-1552092422
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,194,089 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 A Visual Feast!, March 20, 2000

By	Mike Krebill (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wild Food Gourmet: Fresh and savory food from nature (Paperback)

Consider this visual treat a must-own for serious hobbyists and would-be authors. Anne Gardon's superlative photography of edible wild plants and the gourmet dishes and drinks she has created, along with her excellent text, and a eye-pleasing design by Gillian Tsintziras, make this Firefly book a delight to behold. Here's an excellent gift for a friend who shares your love of foraging. I'll bet that once you see it, however, you'll want your own copy. If I owned a coffee table, it would be THE edible wild plant book that I would put out for company to look at. Anne is the author, Sarah Weber the editor.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wildly delicious reading... and experimenting!!, December 12, 2008

By	Lisa M. Zinza "NW Trekker" (WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Wild Food Gourmet: Fresh and savory food from nature (Paperback)

I found this book at the library and had to have it with my collection of cookbooks. It has a awesome array of wild etables that may just be in you own back yard!! Cattails... can you believe it??? Wonderfully delicious and so good for you.. Beautiful pictures and commentary...
Well written all together!!! This gal can cook!!!!!!