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Edible Wild Plants by John KallasCall Number: 581.632 K145e 2010 (Location: Main Floor Display)
Publication Date: 2010
Imagine what you could do with eighteen delicious new greens in your dining arsenal including purslane, chickweed, curly dock, wild spinach, sorrel, and wild mustard. John Kallas makes it fun and easy to learn about foods you've unknowingly passed by all your life. Through gorgeous photographs, playful, but authoritative text, and ground-breaking design he gives you the knowledge and confidence to finally begin eating and enjoying edible wild plants. Edible Wild Plants divides plants into four flavor categories -- foundation, tart, pungent, and bitter. Categorizing by flavor helps readers use these greens in pleasing and predictable ways. According to the author, combining elements from these different categories makes the best salads.
Bootstraps and Biscuits by Anna L. Robe-TerryCall Number: 641.6 R638b c.2 (Location: Main Floor Display)
Publication Date: 1997
Set in the hills of West Virginia on her family land, Anna Lee Robe-Terry forages for wild foods & describes their preparation & uses. In her own colorful language, Anna Lee shares a rural family heritage in a narrative generously laced with anecdotes about life in the mountains. The result is a rich, compilation of hundreds of delicious recipes the ingredients available & ripe for picking. From paw paw pudding to mincemeat pie using wild meat a reader will find fulfillment for the soul, pallet & pocketbook. .
Handbook of Edible Weeds by James A. DukeCall Number: 581.632 D877h (Location: Main Floor Display)
Publication Date: 1992
This portable guide emphasizes finding practical uses for weeds rather than waging pesticidal war on them. CRC Handbook of Edible Weeds contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of 100 edible weeds, representing 100 genera of higher plant species. Each account includes common names, standard Latin scientific names, uses and distribution (geographic and ecological). Cautionary notes are included regarding the potential allergenic or other harmful properties of many of the weeds.
Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants by Steve Brill; Evelyn DeanCall Number: 581.6309 B435i (Location: Main Floor Display)
Publication Date: 2002
Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks taste similar to corn and are rich in protein), and wild apricots (an infusion made with the leaves is good for stomach aches and disgestive disorders). More than 260 detailed line drawings help readers identify a wide range of plants -- many of which are suited for cooking by following the more than thirty recipes included in this book. There are literally hundreds of plants readily available underfoot waiting to be harvested and used either as food or as a potential therapeutic. This book is both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us.
Edible Wild Plants and Herbs by Alan M. CvancaraCall Number: 581.632 C993e (Location: Main Floor Display)
ISBN: 0071368272
Publication Date: 2001
You left your car at sunrise and headed out for a daylong hike along a marked trail to a scenic mountaintop. But somwhere along the way you missed a turn. It's getting dark and you're sitting in a high-country meadow infested with thistles, and very hungry. You know you'll sleep here tonight. Consider yourself lucky: thistles are edible.
Drink in the Wild by Hilary StewartCall Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2009
An enticing book that opens up a whole world of wild plants for brewing tasty teas and refreshing drinks, plus fruity preserves-and more. In her trademark friendly and expert fashion, author and illustrator Hilary Stewart explains how to identify, harvest, dry and store the plant parts, then gives recipes for preparing sixty drinks and several jams. In addition, she adds practical and decorative ideas that use a number of these same plants. Drink in the Wild is an attractive and handy guidebook. Full-page, finely worked line drawings of fifty wild plants, together with descriptions and habitats, ensure their identification. The plants are all native to the Pacific Northwest, and many of them grow right across Canada and the United States.
Kitchen Literacy by Ann VileisisCall Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2008
Ask children where food comes from, and they'll probably answer: "the supermarket." Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so disconnected from the sources of our breads, beef, cheeses, cereal, apples, and countless other foods that nourish us every day? Ann Vileisis's answer is a sensory-rich journey through the history of making dinner.
Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States by Joe McFarlandCall Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2009
Lavishly illustrated with nearly three hundred gorgeous full-color photos, this engaging guidebook carefully describes forty different edible species of wild mushrooms found around Illinois and surrounding states, including Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky. With conversational and witty prose, the book provides extensive detail on each edible species, including photographs of potential look-alikes to help you safely identify and avoid poisonous species. Mushroom lovers from Chicago to Cairo will find their favorite local varieties, including morels, chanterelles, boletes, puffballs, and many others. Veteran mushroom hunters Joe McFarland and Gregory M. Mueller also impart their wisdom about the best times and places to find these hidden gems.
Growing Home : Stories of Ethnic Gardening by Susan Davis Price; John GregorCall Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780816652907
Publication Date: 2000
This beautiful book brings together interviews and photographs of more than thirty Minnesotans who have imported the style and tradition of their native or ancestral lands into their gardening. Susan Davis Price relates the fascinating stories of these people's lives as she explores gardening techniques and plants brought from every part of the globe.
The Wild Vegen Cookbook by Call Number: 641.563 B857w 2002 (Location: Main Floor Display)Publication Date: 2002In his first book, Steve Brill demonstrated how to forage safely for these edible wild plants. Now, he breaks new ground by presenting more than 500 comprehensive recipes for transforming these natural foods into delicious vegetarian meals.
