Edible Wild Plants

Resource Information

The work Edible Wild Plants represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Merrimack Valley Library Consortium. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Edible Wild Plants

Creator

• Kallas, John

Subject

• Cooking & Food
• Gardening
• Nature
• Nonfiction

Summary

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 purslaneTart Greens: curlydock, sheep sorrel, and wood sorrelPungent Greens: wild mustard, wintercress, garlic mustard, and shepherd's purseBitter Greens: dandelion, cat's ear, sow thistle, and nipplewort

Nature of contents

dictionaries