Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Season-by-season guide to identification, harvest, and preparation of more than 200 common edible plants to be found in the wild. 120 pages are in color. Hundreds of edible species....Every major region in the U.S. and Canada....Handy paperback guide includes jelly, jam, and pie recipes, a seasonal key to plants, chart listing nutritional contents."Booklist, From the editors of Outdoor Life magazine. "...500 beautiful color photographs...temptingly arranged..."The Library Letter. 286 pages (120 in color), 5 3/8 X 8 1/4.
Here's a nutritious, delicious, season-by-season guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing over 200 healthful plants from the wild!
Comprehensive, precise, and filled with drawings, maps, and nearly 400 photographs - most in color - this is a superior field guide for picking and eating plants from forests, fields, mountains - everywhere!
Exhaustively researched, this great guide has everything - plant food of the Indians, nutritional information, a graphic seasonal guide, and maps and symbols showing the best ways to fix wild edibles for your outdoor menu. Plants are reviewed by seasonal availability, and there is a key section identifying poisonous plants.
This easy-to-read handbook has it all - habitat, appearance, preparations, taste, cooking instructions, and more! Wherever you go throughout North America, you'll be able to treat yourself to juicy snacks or a complete meal with this indispensable field guide from the experts at Outdoor Life magazine.