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Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The author shows you how to find fiddlehead ferns, rose hips, beach plums, bee balm, and more, whether you are foraging in the urban jungle or the wild, wild woods. You will also learn about fellow foragers--experts, folk healers, hobbyists, or novices like you--who collect wild things and are learning new things to do with them every day. Along with a world of edible wild plants, you'll find essential tips on where to look for native plants, and...
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Foodscaping is what it sounds like - a combination of landscaping and food. This gardening resource is chock-full of real-world examples, photos, and advice so that even an "average Joe" homeowner and gardener can grow food without sacrificing either their lawn or their home's appearance to do so.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Increasingly people are keen to grow some of their own food, giving them fresh, delicious and healthy ingredients right on their doorstep. Homegrown food also means reduced food miles and packaging, and reminds us where food comes from and how plants grow. With backyards shrinking and more people living in apartments, we need to find a range of fruit, veggies and herbs that will grow and thrive in small spaces. Whether you love lush leafy greens,...
Author
Publisher
SewandSo
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Learn how to perfect the prettiest trend in baking -- using edible flowers and herbs to decorate your cakes and bakes -- with this exceptional guide from celebrity baker Juliet Sear. Discover how to slect and use fresh edible flowers, as well as how to presrve them through drying, crystallizing, pressing and suspending in sugar, then follow Juliet step-by-step to create over 30 amazing cakes and bakes that rock the botanical trend." -- cover page...
Author
Publisher
St. Lynns Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, veggie gardens lived in the backyard, isolated from the rest of the landscape. that's so yesterday! Welcome to a whole new world of food gardening--right up front, sharing space with your ornamental plants for year-round, knockout beauty and function ... in a way that even homeowners associations (HOAs) would approve."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Forager Chef's Guide to Flora explores some of the most exciting ingredients available today-but more importantly, it gives home cooks and chefs alike a whole new way of seeing and thinking about all vegetable ingredients-by looking at them through a trained forager's eyes. Over the past fifteen years, Minnesota chef Alan Bergo has become one of the nation's most exciting and resourceful chefs. Watching wild plants grow and searching for new...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Food Plants of the World is a comprehensive overview of the plants that provide us with food, beverages, spices and flavours. It is written in easy language but gives accurate scientific information on the plants and their uses."--BOOK JACKET.
Author
Publisher
Red Lightning Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part of the plant. While the images initially appear to be scientific illustrations or photograms from the dawn of photography when plants were placed directly on sensitized paper and exposed under the sun, a closer look reveals, according to Liesl Bradner of the Los Angeles Times, "haunting [and] eerily beautiful" photographs. Beyond instilling wonder,...
Author
Series
Peterson field guide volume 23
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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