Forager's Guide to Wild Foods: A Fool-Proof Guide to Identifying, Gathering, and Cooking the Bounty

Find and prepare nature’s bounty in your kitchen or campside.The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods is an accessible start-to-finish guide that helps apprehensive foragers to identify edible plants and avoid poisonous ones without getting bogged down in botanical details. Here, A. D. Livingston not only explains which natural treats can be found in a variety of environments, but also takes the time to point out easy identification features of each plant—illustrated with color photographs and line drawings—and warn against the relevant dangers. The delicacies range from nuts and berries to mushroom and vines, from watercress and seaweed to purslane and desert fare, from wild onions to edible flowers, and more. Readers will be drawn in by Livingston’s amusing anecdotes and personal experiences, and their mouths will water to read about the delicious meals they can gather and prepare. 25 b&w illustrations