Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places
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The beautifully illustrated, definitive guide to foraging, harvesting, and preparing wild plants for food and medicine
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. It includes information on common plants such 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 digestive 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.
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Publication date : May 20, 1994
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 0688114253
ISBN-13 : 978-0688114251
Item Weight : 1.7 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.84 x 10.88 inches
Part of series : And Not So Wild Places
Customers say
Customers find the book informative and well-written, with easy-to-understand content, and appreciate the author’s sense of humor. The illustrations receive mixed feedback – while some praise the nice illustrations, others note the black and white line drawings. The identification accuracy and material quality also get mixed reviews, with some finding it thorough while others say it’s not helpful for novices, and some describing it as well-priced while others consider it a waste of money.
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