Ellen Zachos

Backyard Foraging (eBook, ePUB)

65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

There's food growing everywhere! You'll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are actually nutritious edibles. Ideal for first-time foragers, this book features 70 edible weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamental plants typically found in urban and suburban neighborhoods. Full-color photographs make identification easy, while tips on common plant locations, pesticides, pollution, and dangerous flora make foraging as safe and simple as stepping into your own backyard.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603428491
• Artikelnr.: 38096867

Autorenporträt

Ellen Zachos is an expert forager and longtime foraging instructor. She is the author of six books, including The Wildcrafted Cocktail and Backyard Foraging. She is co-host of the Plantrama podcast and can be found online at backyardforager.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
1 Getting Started: Identifying Habitats in the 'Hood
Ensuring Safety * Ethical Harvesting
 
2 Harvest with Care: You Don't Have to Sacrifice Your Scenery
Picking Shoots and Young Foliage * Foraging Flowers, Fruits, and Nuts *
Digging Roots and Tubers * Timing for Taste
 
3 Grazing Greens: Tasty Leaves and Stems
 
4 The Fruits of Nature's Labor: Edible Flowers and Fruits
 
5 Nature's Granola: Nuts and Seeds
 
6 Hidden Treasure: Roots, Tubers, and Rhizomes
 
7 Superstars: Plants with Many Edible Parts
 
8 Friendly Fungi: Five Easy Mushrooms
 
9 You Wouldn't Do This If It Didn't Taste Good: Preserving Advice and Basic
Recipes
Freezing * Dehydration * Syrups, Jams, and Jellies * Booze * Baked Goods
and Savory Dishes * Fruity Miscellany * Resources and Recommended Reading *
Books about Wild Edible Plants * Foraging Books and Blogs * Mushrooms *
Vendors of Mushroom-Growing Supplies * Food Preparation
 
Interior Photography Credits
 
Index