Edible Wild Plants

John Kallas

черв. 2010 р. · Gibbs Smith

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The founder of Wild Food Adventures presents the definitive, fully illustrated guide to foraging and preparing wild edible greens.

Beyond the confines of our well-tended vegetable gardens, there is a wide variety of fresh foods growing in our yards, neighborhoods, or local woods. All that’s needed to take advantage of this wild bounty is a little knowledge and a sense of adventure. In Edible Wild Plants, wild foods expert John Kallas covers easy-to-identify plants commonly found across North America. The extensive information on each plant includes a full pictorial guide, recipes, and more.

This volume covers four types of wild greens:

Foundation Greens: wild spinach, chickweed, mallow, and purslane

Tart Greens: curlydock, sheep sorrel, and wood sorrel

Pungent Greens: wild mustard, wintercress, garlic mustard, and shepherd’s purse

Bitter Greens: dandelion, cat’s ear, sow thistle, and nipplewort

Про автора

Dr. John Kallas has investigated and taught about edible wild plants since 1970. He founded Wild Food Adventures (www.wildfoodadventures.com) in 1993 and is the publisher and editor of Wild Food Adventurer. He lives in Portland, Oregon.