Foraging Wild Edible Plants of North America: More than 150 Delicious Recipes Using Nature's Edibles

by Christopher Nyerges

Overview

Edible wild plants are nature’s natural food source, growing along roadsides, sprouting in backyards, and blooming in country fields. North America’s diverse geography overflows with edible plant species. From alyssum to watercress, chicory to purslane, Foraging Wild Plants of North America provides everything you need to know about the most commonly found wild greens with over 200 mouth-watering recipes.

Fully revised and updated, this full-color field and feast guide with images to the most common edible wild plants is the ideal companion for hikers, campers, and anyone who enjoys eating the good food of the earth.

Look inside to find recipes such as:

• Stirfry Amaranth
• Yellow Pollen Pancakes
• Chickweed Deluxe
• Nettle Soup
• Root Coffee
• Earth Bread
• Cattail Stew
• Fennel Crunch
• Prickly Pear Ice Cream

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493064489
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2023
Series:	Foraging Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	26 MB
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About the Author

Christopher Nyerges, co-founder of the School of Self-reliance, has led wild food walks for thousands of students since 1974. He has authored 10 books on wild foods, survival, and self-reliance, and thousands of newspaper and magazine articles. He continues to teach where he lives in Los Angeles County, California.

Table of Contents

Why This Book? xi

An Introduction to Wild Plants 1

About the Recipes 7

What to Carry When Hiking 8

Why Wild Foods? 13

Alyssum, Sweet Alyssum 14

Amaranth 18

Asparagus, Wild 25

Bracken 31

Cattail 37

Chickweed 46

Chicory 56

Dandelion 61

Dock, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock 67

Epazote 73

Fennel 76

Filaree 81

Glasswort 87

Lamb's-quarters 91

Mallow 99

Milkweed, Common 107

Miner's Lettuce 114

Mustard 119

Nasturtium 124

Nettle 129

New Zealand Spinach 134

Oxalis, Sour Grass, Shamrock, Wood Sorrel 137

Plantain 141

Prickly Pear Cactus 147

Purslane 154

Russian Thistle 158

Shepherd's Purse 163

Sow Thistle 168

Violet 175

Watercress 179

Wild Lettuce 188

Wild Onion 191

Wild Radish 195

Know What You Consume! 201

Index 206

Recipe Index 209

About the Author 212