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<P>Imagine what you could do with eighteen delicious new greens in your dining arsenal including purslane, chickweed, curly dock, wild spinach, sorrel, and wild mustard. John Kallas makes it fun and easy to learn about foods you've unknowingly passed by all your life. Through gorgeous photographs, playful, but authoritative text, and ground-breaking design he gives you the knowledge and confidence to finally begin eating and enjoying edible wild plants. Edible Wild Plants divides plants into four flavor categories - foundation, tart, pungent, and bitter. Categorizing by flavor helps readers use these greens in pleasing and predictable ways. According to the author, combining elements from these different categories makes the best salads.</P>
About the Author
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. <BR> <BR>
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Edible Wild Plants - Are you serious?,
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This review is from: Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate (Paperback)
If you are genuinely serious about learning AND eating edible wild plants on a regular basis, get this book. I have been gathering wild mushrooms for over 40 years, and foraging for wild foods for over 30 years. I am also a collector of wild mushrooms books, wild food books, wild edible flower books, and sea vegetable (seaweed) books, and have hundreds in my collection, all read cover to cover by the way. In short, if a book is about wild and edible, I probably have it, read it, or reviewed it. I'm hooked, and proudly so.Dr. Kallas' book is comprehensive, while at the same time being user friendly, practical, and fun: It has better descriptions, deeper explanations, incredible photographs, current nutritional information, and a depth and breadth of facts and knowledge that is incomparable. He explains each plants life cycle in detail, discusses each stage of growth with appropriate photographs, and explains how to identify each of them. He shows and describes the one or more parts of each plant that are edible, where and how to gather them, when and how to prepare them, and includes tantalizing recipes that are accompanied with stunning photographs. In addition, he discusses at length, the history and future of wild foods and how to grow a wild garden. He explains why eating wild food is not weird, but absolutely normal. And, he emphasizes why learning about, finding, gathering, and eating wild woods is an adventure that is rewarding and fun! This book is not just a book on wild edible plant identification; it is an all-inclusive user manual, all presented with Dr. Kallas' subtle sense of humor. This book covers more useful information than any of the other books in my collection. If I could have only one book on edible wild plants, it would be Dr. Kallas', period!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great edible wild foods book!,
This review is from: Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate (Paperback)
Although I'm new to edible foods, I must say this book has increased my curiosity even more. It is simply written and easy to understand. The photos are fantastic and I LOVE that it includes recipes. John Kallas has clearly included the kitchen sink in this book- you get much more than your money's worth! I recently had an edible food friend who looked at this book and said he was so impressed he wants to go get a copy of this book. If you are considering getting into the edible wild food scene more, I'd highly recommend you go get this book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Most Useful Resource We've Found,
This review is from: Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate (Paperback)
My kids and I love this book. The kids like the section on "mild" greens best :) It has been the most useful resource that we have found so far in our beginner phase of foraging.
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