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Wild Vegetarian Cookbook Hardcover – May 1, 2002

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In his first book, Steve Brill demonstrated how to forage safely for these edible wild plants. Now, he breaks new ground by presenting more than 500 comprehensive recipes for transforming these natural foods into delicious vegetarian meals.

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From Publishers Weekly

Brill follows his Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild) Places with this specialist volume aimed at cooking found and gathered produce. Stressing the need to forage safely and not eat any plant unless completely certain of its identification and that it's free of pesticides and herbicides, the author explains "what makes wild food special" before describing methods of preparation and food types, winemaking and the wild food seasons. Main courses and desserts are intermingled so much so that it becomes hard to tell whether the ingredient is a main component or an enhancer. Filled with humorous anecdotes and small descriptions, almost every recipe relies on at least one foraged ingredient, though where possible Brill offers health store alternatives (while Monsieur Wildman's French Dressing calls for wild spearmint, he does suggest cultivated mint; unsweetened apple juice can be substituted for wild apples in Spiced Wild Apple Cider). In the end, the book will appeal to those who enjoy foraging in the wild as well as the vegetarian who is not only health- but also environmentally conscious.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Brill, the author of an earlier field guide to wild plants, has been conducting "foraging tours" in Manhattan (including Central Park) and throughout greater New York since the mid-1980s. His new book includes dozens of recipes using wild foods, from sassafras and daylily shoots to blue violets and cow parsnips; each entry includes a brief description of the plant as well. Strict vegetarians will be delighted by Brill's recipes; nonvegetarians looking for dishes made with these unusual foods will be disappointed to find so many that call for ingredients like kudzu, lecithin, granules, liquid aminos, and the like (although there are alternatives suggested when possible). For vegetarian and other special collections.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard Common Press; First Edition (May 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1558322140
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1558322141
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2010
This is a great book that explains how to recognize use, and harvest wild natural foods. He also gives suggestions on some substitutes for some of the wild foods with domestic ones, like leeks for wild leeks, garlic for wild garlic and current with wild currents. He also has recipes that use more uncommon wild foods like Pookweed, common MilkWeed, or Cattails, which are recipes I have not tried yet until I can learn to identify them. What interested me the most that this book is a vegan cookbook not a vegetarian cookbook as the title suggests. There are not animal products used in any of the recipes at all. The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook is the hardback and out of print copy of the recently printed The wild Vegan Cookbook By the same author. It is the same book except for the title. I love to cook and am going Vegan, the recipes I have tried are delicious and not hard to cook. It is a great book for a Vegan. I also collect cookbook and the copy I purchased was in great condition. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in cooking, wishes to explore cooking with wild foods, and is interested learning how to recognize them, and wants to learn to cook with them.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2009
The recipes are too involved and too many ingredients for a simple life style. That's not to say that they aren't delicious. I would have rather had a more country style dish with the ingredients not being something that you have to have such a large stock of items to have on hand. I will probably try to give the book as a gift or will sell it and get a less complicated one.

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Candace McGhee
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Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2009
I am very happy to see this type of book come out. Mother earth is offering to us so many foods and medicinal plants to nourish our bodies, our mind and soul. It's the best you could ever eat to be healthy and it's FREE. She is our teacher, we must listen to her guidance. I am opening a healing sanctuary with my property and will have wild food foraging workshops and now GREAT recipes to share with people. I will also teach about medicinal plants and how to heal ourselves with them. It's about time we take our power back and return to our roots. It's the best recipe book I've seen.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2016
I'm so excited after years of wanting this book I was able to purchase a great quality used copy. I can not wait to use it as I offer Herb meals to my family and the community!!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2015
This cookbook would benefit from photos of the wild plants that that are used in the recipes. This is especially true for the mushrooms. The recipes are difficult because you usually have to prepare some tofu concoction before starting cooing with the wild food. Still, I am amazed and amused by how many wild foods are available.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2006
I was disappointed with the contents of the book. I was hoping it would also serve as a field guide for finding the ingredients. The descriptions of the wild foods are not descriptive enough to help you actually find them. Also, there are no pictures of any of the plants. I found most of the recipes to be very complex in flavors. (Mostly Asian and Indian) Not that I mind complex flavors. My fear is the spices would cover up the taste of the wild ingredient to much. The first time I try a new food, I want a simple recipe so I better understand its taste.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2014
Can't wait to order the newer vegan book. Fabulous book. Now I can eat the weeds on my farm too!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2013
No problems with this. not much to say either. reviewed it and it is a wild vegetarian cook book. One