Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts

Author: Katie Letcher Lyle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762763035
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Edible wild plants, mushrooms, fruits, and nuts grow along roadsides, amid country fields, and in urban parks. All manner of leafy greens, mushrooms, and herbs that command hefty prices at the market are bountiful outdoors and free for the taking. But to enjoy them, one must know when to harvest and how to recognize, prepare, and eat them. The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts provides everything one needs to know about the most commonly found wild foods—going beyond a field guide’s basic description to provide folklore and mouth-watering recipes for each entry, such as wild asparagus pizza, fiddlehead soup, blackberry mousse, and elderberry pie. This fully illustrated guide is the perfect companion for hikers, campers, and anyone who enjoys eating the good food of the earth. With it in hand, nature lovers will never take another hike without casting their eyes about with dinner in mind.

The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts

Author: Katie Letcher Lyle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493018655
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 241

A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America

Author: Lee Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395926222
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.

The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts

Author: Sylvan Seeker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781806350605
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts

Author: Katie Letcher Lyle
Publisher: Globe Pequot
ISBN:
Category : Cookery (wild foods)
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
How to find, identify, and cook them.

The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants

Author: Department of the Army
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626369828
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
Anyone who has spent serious time outdoors knows that in survival situations, wild plants are often the only sustenance available. The proper identification of these plants can mean the difference between survival and death. This book describes habitat and distribution, physical characteristics, and edible parts of wild plants—the key elements of identification. Hugely important to the book are its color photos. There are over one hundred of them, further simplifying the identification of poisonous and edible plants. No serious outdoors person should ever hit the trail without this book and the knowledge contained within it.

Edible Wild Plants

Author: Thomas S. Elias
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402767159
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Presents a season-by-season guide to the identification, harvest, and preparation of more than two hundred common edible plants to be found in the wild.

Wild Edibles

Author: Sergei Boutenko
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583946276
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
Sergei Boutenko’s groundbreaking field guide to the art and science of foraging and preparing wild edible plants—includes 300+ photos of 60 plants **An Amazon Editors' Pick -- Best Cookbooks, Food & Wine** In Wild Edibles, Sergei Boutenko’s bestselling work on the art and science of live-food wildcrafting, readers will learn how to safely identify 60 delicious trailside weeds, herbs, fruits, and greens growing all around us. It also outlines basic rules for safe wild-food foraging and discusses poisonous plants, plant identification protocols, gathering etiquette, and conservation strategies. But the journey doesn’t end there. Rooted in Boutenko’s robust foraging experience, botanary science, and fresh dietary perspectives, this practical companion gives hikers, backpackers, raw foodists, gardeners, chefs, foodies, DIYers, survivalists, and off-the-grid enthusiasts the necessary tools to transform their simple harvests into safe, delicious, and nutrient-rich recipes. Special features include: 60 edible plant descriptions, most of them found worldwide 300+ color photos that make plant identification easy and safe 67 tasty, high-nutrient plant-based recipes, including green smoothies, salads and salad dressings, spreads and crackers, main courses, juices, and sweets For the wildly adventurous and playfully rebellious, Wild Edibles will expand your food options, providing readers with the inspiration and essential know-how to live more healthy (yet thrifty), more satisfying (yet sustainable) lives.

Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America

Author: Merritt Lyndon Fernald
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486291049
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481

Book Description
Arranged according to uses, offers a detailed listing of one thousand species of edible wild plants and ferns.

The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants for Beginners

Author: Geoffrey Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking (Wild foods)
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Plants are valuable food sources because they are widely available, easy to get, and, when combined properly, may cover all of your nutritional requirements. Before you eat a plant, make sure you know what it is! People have died from Poison Hemlock after mistaking it for wild carrots and parsnips. In this Edible Wild Plants Book, [the author] will provide you with all the necessary details about harvesting edible wild plants and how to make the best dishes out of them using few simple recipes. Now outdoorsman and survivalists can own the complete guide to edible plants. Whether you are a stranded soldier, a wilderness hiker, or you just want to know which plants growing in your backyard are edible, this is an invaluable resource.