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Basic Essentials Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs (Basic Essentials Series) Paperback – January 1, 2007

by Jim Meuninck (Author)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. With this updated guide, you'll discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the most nutritious wild plans and useful herbs in the contiguous United States, prepare delicious recipes using your wild harvest, determine the identity of poisonous plants and poisonous look-alikes, and take charge of your personal health by making wild plants and herbs a part of your diet.
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  1. Print length
    87 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Falcon Pr Pub Co
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2007
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.25 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0762740868
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0762740864
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For a generation, the Basic Essentials® series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into affordable and portable books. Whether you re planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, Basic Essentials® books tell you what you need to know.
Learn how to
Forage for wild plants and herbs and identify edible berries
Treat a variety of ailments and illnesses, from colds to heart disease and more
Distinguish between edible and nonedible parts of plants
Moderate your intake of certain plants and herbs to avoid physical illness
Make delicious desserts, herbal teas, and other healthy recipes

About the Author

Jim Meuninck is a biologist and counselor who, for more than thirty years, has studied the use of wild plants as food and medicine in North America, Europe, Central America, Japan, and China. Jim is president of Media Methods, Inc., a publishing company specializing in ethnobotanical media. He lives on the shores of Eagle Lake, in Edwardsburg, Michigan.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Falcon Pr Pub Co; 3rd edition (January 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 87 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0762740868
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0762740864
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.25 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Brad and Jodi Cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Guide for Beginner or Expert
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2009
A fantastic basic guide to wild edibles. A great place for the beginner to start and plenty here for the more advanced, also. Jim has selected some of the most useful plants found in North America. The identification helps are excellent (including color photos). But what I like most is Jim's practical suggestions for harvesting and preparing these while still remaining brief (even includes some recipes). It's hard to find a guide like this. (I honestly can't think of one right now).

I also own most of his videos and highly recommend them as well. I've gone foraging with Jim a couple of times and consider him a friend. He's a lot of fun and you'll find his videos are a lot of fun, also.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Treat it as a recipe book
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2010
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Be warned, this book is not for novices or beginners. I bought this book with no prior knowledge of wild plants or herbs or their properties. I wanted to discover - at a glance - what was edible, what was poisonous, and what was medicinal. However I was disappointed starting on page 1.
Page one shows you a tiny 2"x2" (approx) color photo of edible green-colored Cattail shoots on a plate. It also warns you to avoid a poisonous look-alike, Blue Flag Iris, and refers the reader to Appendix 2 for more information. There, Blue Iris is shown in an even tinier 1"x1" (approx) photo. The plant shown is a blue flower against a green background. Look-alike? Not exactly, at least not represented as so. As a novice, I would have found it much more beneficial to have the edible vs poisonous photos side-by-side, in similar frame, I could know and understand the difference.
All of the poisonous plants in Appendix 2, I noted, are tiny 1x1 photographs. Frustrating. I would think their deadly nature and therefore relative importance would warrant larger, more clear photographs.
Instead, the photographs of plants throughout this book usually consist of approximately 2x2 or smaller pictures taking up less than 1/6 of the page. The rest of each page usually contains useful location, creative cooking, and important medicinal tips, which is certainly useful but feels a little sparse and only like an introduction for each plant.
At the end of the day, this book will be retained as a useful recipe book as I doubt I will find so many creative cooking tips in other plant identification books. This book would no doubt be a useful addition to the experienced backpacker or survivalist. However, my search for a proper edible plant and herb reference continues.
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Merriwether, Foraging Texas
3.0 out of 5 stars Good book on how to eat the wild edibles you identified using a different book.
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2010
Overall rating: 3 stars
Plant identification: 2 stars
Plant uses: 4 stars
Picture type(s): color photographs
Who will find it useful: novice foragers and those who want recipes for cooking wild edibles.

Notes: The main selling point of this book is its appendix of recipes. It is also one of the few books that covers seaweeds. It's pictures are small and not very good, though. You need to either already know your wild edibles or have another book on hand for edible plant identification.
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