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 Top Rated Field Guides to
Edible Wild Plants
The plants native to your area are exposed to
the same microscopic enemies that you are exposed to and
therefore may contain compounds and properties that can
provide you with healthful, immune enhancing qualities. Many
are delicious too, and absolutely free for the picking. These
guides are a great way to get started harvesting local wild
foods.
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The Forager's
Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing
Edible Wild Plants
by Samuel Thayer
A
practical guide to all aspects of edible wild plants.
Color photos throughout.
Paperback, 368 pages $22.95 - Learn more
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and
Central North America
by Lee Allen Peterson,
Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Roger Tory Peterson
(Illustrator), Lee Allen Peterson (Illustrator), Lee Allen
Peterson (Photographer)
More than 370 edible wild plants,
plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described, with 400
drawings and 78 color photographs showing how to
recognize each species. Paperback, 352 pages
$19.00
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Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field
Guide
by Thomas S. Elias, Peter A. Dykeman
Season-by-season guide to more than 200 edible plants.
Includes preparations, jellies, pie recipes, a seasonal key to
plant sand over five hundred color photo.
Paperback, 272
pages, $17.95
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Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal
Plants
by Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean
A sensibly
organized, comprehensive guide to edible wild plants. Covers
plants you'll encounter in urban and suburban settings.
Identification, plus recipes.
Paperback, 336 pages $21.95
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Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
by
Bradford Angier, David Foster
Over 100 color illustrations
make identification simple and certain Where to find the
plants and easy recipes for
enjoying the fruits of your foraging.
Paperback, 282 pages. $21.95
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Stalking the Wild
Asparagus
by Euell Gibbons, John McPhee
Euell
Gibbons sought out wild plants and made them into delicious
dishes. His book includes recipes for vegetable and casserole
dishes, breads, cakes, muffins and twenty different pies. He
also shows how to make numerous jellies, jams, teas, and
wines, and how to sweeten them with wild honey or homemade
maple syrup.
Paperback, 303 pages. $17.50
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