The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
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The centerpiece of any library on edible plants
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I bought this volume based on the the remarks of the author of the lead review- a botanist by training. I'm very glad I did. Although I have a half-dozen other books on edible plants, this is far and away the best. For the beginner- or even the more experienced forager- there is simply no better volume on identifying edible plants. And as the author notes, many other volumes list plants that may be non-toxic, but are certainly unpalatable. This book concentrates on commonly found, readily identifiable, flavorful plants that can be found almost all across North America.
The author is unstinting in his criticism of books he finds useless or misleading, but similarly unstinting in his praise of those, like Euell Gibbons, he admires; he goes so far as to say that he doesn't include any real recipes beyond the most simple preparations as Gibbons does a far better job than he could do.
Strongly recommended for naturalists, gardeners, foragers, scout leaders, hunters, survivalists, and anyone who'd like to explore the wild garden growing around them. |
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