Abundantly Wild: Collecting And Cooking Wild Edibles Of The Upper Midwest (Paperback)

by Teresa Marrone (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Publications(MN) (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591930340
• ISBN-13: 978-1591930341
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #393,724 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definately Worth Buying, December 24, 2008

By	D. Wicklund - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've included a list of reasons why or why not I would buy this book. I've read a few other books including: Foragers Harvest, Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Stalking the Wild Asparagus, and a couple others.
If you live in the Upper Midwest I would consider buying both this book and the Foragers Harvest.

Reasons For Purchasing:

1. Includes the most complete collection of edible wild plants for the Upper Midwest, and even shows range maps for several plants.
2. Shows images for almost all of the plants. (But not many on mushrooms)
3. Focuses on a specific area instead of wasting space listing foods in other parts of the country.
4. Has excellent organization.
5. Has an illustrated glossary for reference.
6. Shows detailed information on things such as how to can foods, shell nuts, make jams and jellies, tap maples for syrup, and make fruit leather.
7. Shows where the different foods grow by listing each food in every group it fits: Wetlands, Streams/Rivers and Ponds/Lakes, Hardwood Forests, Mixed Conifer/Softwood Forests, and Agricultural Areas and Prairies
8. Shows when each food grows by listing them by what season they grow: spring, summer, fall, and winter
9. Shows fairly detailed information on the habitat and range for each species of plant.
10. Shows quite a few recipes for each food, averaging about three of four for each.
11. Shows information on how to identify, harvest, and cook the foods, unlike others that only identify them.

Reasons For Not Purchasing:

1. Shows considerably small images, many of them just 3.5 by 4 cm.
2. The book is slightly larger than most wild food books, the dimensions being 7 by 8 inches.
3. Uses about forty pages on mushrooms, most of which I wouldn't eat unless there were larger pictures to identify them with.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A strong consideration for any concerned with health and budget, May 11, 2009

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

The grocery isn't the only place to find a good meal. "Abundantly Wild: Collecting and Cooking Wild Edibles" is a guide to those in the Midwest to finding food in their natural surroundings, and how to harvest food to cook in their own home. Filled with nearly three hundred recipes using sixty-five different fruits and vegetables one can find naturally growing, "Abundantly Wild" also has chapters on the benefits of eating naturally growing foods and how processed foods can do more harm than good. A true do-it-yourself cooking guide, "Abundantly Wild" is a strong consideration for any concerned with health and budget.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars primarily just a cookbook-, May 27, 2008

By	safeinhevndead "safeinhevndead" - See all my reviews

and to me, that is extremely disappointing. there is essentially no way you could safely identify listed edibles from the tiny pictures, in most cases only 1 per edible- (in some cases none, particularly the mushrooms!)- although, the book does state in the introduction that it is not to be used as a field guide. had i seen the introduction beforehand, or even sample pages, i probably wouldn't have ordered it. i do believe that the information the book does provide is credible (unlike so many other misinformation-laden wild food books), as the author writes from experience. as to how good the recipes are, i've no idea.