day : 06/10/2015 8 results

Berry Book Series by Bob Krumm

After learning about wild foods from his mom, an avid forager herself, Bob Krumm spent time in various parts of North America learning about wild berries and other edibles. At the four regions covered by his books, he amassed recipes from the local inhabitants and is sharing them with you. Each short chapter covers a different berry producing plant or covers groups of related plants like, for instance, "all wild rose hip producing plants", or "all gooseberries". Chapters start out ...

October 6, 2015

Acorn Pancakes, Dandelion Salad and 38 Other Wild Recipes by Jean Craighead George

This book probably sells more copies by it's title alone, then any other wild food book. It is a cute little hardcover published by Harper Collins Children's Book Division. They say it is appropriate for ages 4-8. It looks like and is about the size of a children's book. But I disagree with Harper Collins. Any recipe book involving simmering, frying, baking, and generally using fire and stoves etc. requires adult supervision. I envision the adult cooking this food while the child helps. But ...

October 6, 2015

Bill and Bev Beatty’s Wild Plant Cookbook by Bill and Bev Beatty

This book could have just as appropriately been included in our edibility section had the title been different. Bill, the actual author, covers thirty plants sharing insights and experiences along the way. He has a degree in biology and is a nature and wild food educator. Each plant-based chapter starts out with Bill sharing his real life experiences learning about, finding, gathering, and preparing the plants for use in his kitchen. There is often really good detail here. Following that ...

October 6, 2015

The Wild Taste - Plant and Mushroom Recipes for the Knowledgeable Cook by Kathryn and Andrew March

Wild in the Kitchen – Recipes for Wild Fruits, Weeds and Seeds by Ronna Mogelon

This book has the look and feel of the Moosewood Cookbook. The plant and food art within is stylistic - creating a down home mood more than serving to identify the plants illustrated within. Ronna Mogelon is a chef (she studied cooking at George Brown College in Toronto Canada), amateur naturalist, graphic designer and food stylist for the movie industry. She lives in a 100-year-old log home on a farm in rural Ontario Canada. At the beginning of the book Ronna gives some brief tips on ...

October 6, 2015

The Wild Taste – Plant and Mushroom Recipes for the Knowledgeable Cook by Kathryn and Andrew March

March and March have been writing about and experimenting with wild foods for years. Their first publication was "Common Edible and Medicinal Plants of Colorado" in 1979. Kate March studied cooking at the China Institute in New York City, and with various chefs. "The Wild Taste", aside from an Appendix, is all recipes. The recipes range from traditional Americana to International cuisine using wild foods. They cover almost a recipe a page for 270 pages of text. At the beginning of 3 ...

October 6, 2015

The Wild Food Gourmet – Fresh and Savory Food From Nature by Anne Gordon

This is the nicest 'looking' wild food cookbook I've seen. The Wild Food Gourmet is designed in the classic style of photographic-based cookbooks and high end food magazines. The food photography is professionally done, plentiful, and the finished dishes look luxurious. The text is filled with gourmet recipes that range from simple to moderate in preparation. Two-thirds of the plants covered could be found anywhere in North America. Many of the greens can be found in ones own garden ...

October 6, 2015

Cornucopia II: A Source Book of Edible Plants by Stephen Facciola

A potentially useful addition for a wild food library. This is a big book that is worth the $40 if you're a hard-core wild food researcher. Cornucopia II is an informational and resource catalog potentially covering any plant in the world that has edible parts, not just 'wild' edibles of North America. There is, however, plenty of information related to wild foods within all the other content. Wild foods that have been cultivated at one time or another (and there are many) are included. ...

October 6, 2015

Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman

What Moerman has done is organize a vast amount of information from 206 North American ethnobotanical reports into one 927 page volume. This is a 'big' hard cover book of original Native American ethnobotanical knowledge. It covers wild plants that Native Americans used for food, tools, fiber, dyes, medicines, and ceremonials. Using original sources, Moerman gives summarized accounts of uses for 4,029 plants from 1,200 genera, used in 44,691 ways in 291 different Native American societ...

October 6, 2015