| Description |
vii, 133 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Wild plants as food -- Before you begin -- Emergency food -- How to use this book -- Guidelines for using the recipes -- About flavorings, sweeteners, and oils -- Beverages -- Recipes for failure -- Deadly harvest: plants you should avoid -- Poison ivy, Poison oak, Poison sumac -- Poison hemlock -- Mushrooms -- Nature's storehouse of edible plants -- Condiments -- Sassafras -- Field garlic -- Aperitifs -- Swamp bay -- Red spruce -- Greens -- Chicory -- Curly dock -- Glassworts -- Kudzu -- Stinging nettle -- Black walnut -- Starches -- American lotus -- Arrowhead -- Groundnut -- Nut sedge -- Oaks -- Softstem bulrush -- Spring beauty -- Grains and plants used like grains -- Cane -- Manna grass -- River oats -- Yellow pond lily -- Flowers -- Black locust -- Cattails -- Orange day lily -- Redbud -- Sweets -- Indian strawberry -- Pawpaw -- Cordials -- Blueberries -- Mushrooms -- Oyster mushroom -- Chicken of the woods -- Puffballs. |
| Summary |
"This is a recent rise in the popularity of urban farming, farmers' markets, and foraging from nature means more people are looking for information about plants. In "The quick guide to wild edible plants", botanists Lytton John Musselman and Harold J. Wiggins coach you on how to safely identify, gather, and prepare delicious dishes from readily available plants-and clearly indicate which ones to avoid. More than 200 color illustrations, accompanied by detailed descriptions, will help you recognize edible plants such as ..." --Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Wild plants, Edible -- East (U.S.)
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Cooking (Wild foods) -- East (U.S.)
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| Genre/Form |
Cookbooks.
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| Added Author |
Wiggins, Harold J., 1953-
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| ISBN |
9781421408712 hdbk. alkaline paper |
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1421408716 hdbk. alkaline paper |
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9781421408729 (electronic) |
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1421408724 (electronic) |
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