THE EDIBLE WILD
A Complete Cookbook and Guide to Edible Wild Plants
in Canada and Eastern North America
by
Berndt Berglund
and
Clare Bolsby
Illustrated by
E. B. Sanders
Details: "This book is both a guide to common North American wild edible plants, as well as a recipe book with ideas for what to do once you find the plants. It contains the following sections: shoots and leaves, roots, nuts and seeds, fruits, fruits, beverages, tobacco and sugar substitutes, wild seasonings, and poisonous plants. Within each section, there are articles about selected individual plants. The articles begin with a general description of the plant, including a pen-and-ink drawing. The description is followed by 6 or 8 recipes using the plant. Some of the recipes are designed for camp cooking in the bush, while others are basically old standard recipes that have been modified through the addition or substitution of the edible plant at hand. Although some of the recipes are vegetarian, this is neither a health-food nor cook-from-scratch kind of book, with its recipes calling for canned soups for flavor or potato chips for crunchiness. Nevertheless, the book does include excellent instructions about how to prepare wild edibles, many following traditional Native American methods. If you've heard that a plant is edible, but you're not sure how or which parts to eat, this book can help you figure out where to begin."
"Written by a swedish man who built a homestead in Ontario back in the 60s."
"The most informational wild edible book I've ever found. Worth every penny."
"The recipes in here I have not been able to find elsewhere for wild edibles. Definitely a worthwhile purchase." ~ Amazon book reviews
A fine addition for your bookshelf!
Condition: The book is in fine condition with a solid binding and clean pages, no names or markings.
The un-clipped dust jacket has a black mark at the top front edge, small spot and a short edge tear to the back, very good.
Note: The letter/number at the end of the title line
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