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Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Many home cooks want to experiment with wild foods and explore new flavors, but don't know where to start. Zachos shows how some of the best ingredients come from nature itself. She starts with individual ingredients before going into techniques, preservation, and master recipes, making foraged food both accessible and delicious. -- adapted from publisher info
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Fermentation has been used for thousands of years by people all around the world. It is the easiest and safest way to preserve fresh food, and nature provides all that's required: salt, plants, sometimes water, and the beneficial lactic acid bacteria found everywhere. When we ferment a food we transform it, making it more delicious and nutritious and creating new and wonderful flavors that bring it to a whole new level. Today fermented foods have...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"We can all make tasty and surprising dishes from wild food found in our cities. With expert advice from professional forager and bestselling Timber author Lisa Rose, alongside elegant photography, this handy guide explains how to identify and where to find 50 plants that grow across the temperate US; accompanying simple recipes help prepare wild feasts"--
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Revised and updated. The Prepper's Guide to Foraging is not a plant identification guide in the traditional sense. It is instead a guide to using plants to supplement other means of food production and subsistence living. Author David Nash believes that there is not enough land available for to support a large-scale return to the hunter-gatherer lifestyle in the event of a large-scale disaster, but that botanical knowledge does provide an edge to...
Author
Series
Publisher
FalconGuides/Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
With this updated guide, you'll discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the most nutritious wild plans and useful herbs in the contiguous United States, prepare delicious recipes using your wild harvest, determine the identity of poisonous plants and poisonous look-alikes, and take charge of your personal health by making wild plants and herbs a part of your diet.
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Deepen your relationship with the natural world through thoughtful essays and 75 delightfully inventive recipes that feature seasonal ingredients, plus techniques for foraging, preserving, and cooking over an open fire. At a time when we urgently need to connect with the Earth, Rooted Kitchen offers a fresh way to appreciate nature and the treasures it provides. Chef and author Ashley Rodriguez introduces readers to the basics of foraging, why it's...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive, practical, and reliable guide to staying alive in the woods and living off the land, by one of the most respected wilderness survivalists. With text by wilderness survivalist, Bradford Angier, the information in How to Eat in the Woods is tried, trusted, and true. One of the most complete books written on the subject, this portable guide includes essential information on how to track, trap, kill, and prepare various types of animals;...
Author
Publisher
Adventure Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Which plants should you eat-and when should you eat them? Let "Green" Deane Jordan guide you with his book Eat the Weeds. Green Deane teaches foraging classes and runs a popular foraging website (also called Eat the Weeds). Now he's sharing his expertise with you. Eat the Weeds presents 274 wild edibles and helps you to find, identify, and harvest them"--
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