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A Guide to Wild Food Foraging: Proper Techniques for Finding and Preparing Nature's Flavorful Edibles (IMM Lifestyle Books) How to Forage Over 100 Herbs, Fruits, Nuts, Mushrooms, Shellfish, and More
Learn a useful self-sufficiency skill with this field guide to foraging! The benefits of foraging for food are far and wide. Whether you're looking for ways to become more self-sufficient, save money, or develop healthier habits, A Guide to Wild Food Foraging will help! Dandelion salad, delicious wild mushrooms, fruits, herbs, and berries — you'll be surprised at what is growing in nearby fields, woods, and shores. Healthy, fresh, and free ingredients can be found in your own backyard, bringing you back to nature and our traditional roots. This book is a compact and comprehensive directory of more than 100 profiles of wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, truffles, and other edible fungi, seaweeds, and shellfish. Each profile provides tips on identification, seasonality, location, and what and when to harvest, while the mushroom section includes pictures of poisonous look-alikes to avoid. It also includes how to safely harvest your foraged treasures while being mindful of maintaining the habitat, how to prepare your bounty, and how to incorporate them into delicious recipes. Useful information is included for foraging beginners, such as the foraging code, tips for plant conservation, and questions of legality. With this book, you can add flavor to any meal for free! Featured wild foods Most of these wholesome foods are within reach — however, you've got to know what you're looking for, where to go, and when. This compact field guide has all the information you need to forage food, alongside full-color, high-quality photographs and illustrations to help you identify and collect your natural food store. Join the countless homesteaders, chefs, restaurateurs, family cooks, survivalists, and naturalists who have discovered the joys of wild foods! Forage fresh, local foods so you can eat better, save money, learn a useful survival skill, and have fun in the process, with A Guide to Wild Food Foraging ! "As beautiful as it is instructive, A Guide to Wild Food Foraging illustrates just how accessible a backyard feast can be. Squires' tips, descriptions, and recipes are equally well-suited to the seasoned scavenger and the novice outdoorsman. No doubt readers will be encouraged to enthusiastically eat more 'weeds'!"
—Kayla Butts MS, RDN, LD, author of Garden to Table A Guide to Preserving and Cooking What You Grow
—Kayla Butts MS, RDN, LD, author of Garden to Table A Guide to Preserving and Cooking What You Grow
176 pages, Paperback
Published July 18, 2023
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About the author
David Squire
184 books3 followersDavid Squire studied botany and horticulture at the Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley, England, where he gained the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. For several years he worked as sub-editor, writer and reporter for two well-knownmagazines, before moving to book publishing with an international publishing house.
David has written more than fifty books and contributed to several major gardening part-works. His books have been sold throughout the English speaking world-Britain, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand- as well as translated into several other languages.
David has written more than fifty books and contributed to several major gardening part-works. His books have been sold throughout the English speaking world-Britain, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand- as well as translated into several other languages.
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September 24, 2023
I picked up Guide to Wild Food Foraging to try to find some new eatable plants or new ways to prepare plants. I did love the recipes provided and LOTS of the information provided. For a beginner, this book gives most of the essentials to get you started. I especially loved the effort to make sure readers PROPERLY forage. Working in parks you see how many people are not aware of how to forage without harming the plant, its population, or the environment.
The variety of photos gives the reader a good idea of what the plant really looks like and when then are common lookalikes descriptions of what to avoid are also provided.
One of the few places I found this book lacking was in the how-to-find sections. A better description of where to find the plant, and how rare, invasive, or common the plant is in an area would have been a helpful addition. The worldwide view that the book takes, makes it hard to get all that information in the book. So as much as I wanted more it was hard to be too picky about that.
Thanks to the author and publisher for providing a free ARC copy of the audiobook through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
The variety of photos gives the reader a good idea of what the plant really looks like and when then are common lookalikes descriptions of what to avoid are also provided.
One of the few places I found this book lacking was in the how-to-find sections. A better description of where to find the plant, and how rare, invasive, or common the plant is in an area would have been a helpful addition. The worldwide view that the book takes, makes it hard to get all that information in the book. So as much as I wanted more it was hard to be too picky about that.
Thanks to the author and publisher for providing a free ARC copy of the audiobook through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
December 27, 2023
In the interest of full disclosure, I received a digital copy of Guide to Wild Food Foraging to read in exchange for an honest and thoughtful review.
That being said, let's dig in to this title!
I am, at best, a foraging dabbler. I have an app or two on my phone to help identify plants, along with a couple handheld guides and larger books. I spend a lot of my time in relation to foraging figuring out where to best look for the plants in my area, and how to use them. While I am a dabbler, Squire is obviously passionate about foraging and full of experience and knowledge. It's something you can feel from the very first page. the Introduction section is inviting to people from all walks and all levels of interest in foraging. There is not gatekeeping to be found here, only encouragement and helpful reminders on how to forage in a way that is kind to the earth.
The layout of this book was organized and very visually appealing. Descriptions of harvestable plants were descriptive but not too wordy, just enough to help with identification without bogging down the reader. There are also sections on what parts and how to harvest from these plants, along with suggestions and tips on ways to utilize those harvests. The recipes added in were also a very nice touch that made me hungry more than once! I was also especially pleased with the "where to look" section within the entries, which gives foragers who may be unfamiliar with a specific item a good place to start their search for a particular plant. However, the caveat to the "where to look" being helpful is that this book contains plants that can be found in many parts of the world, so not every plant may be available in your location. This may require additional research on your own time to verify if it's a plant you can find nearby. Outside of this small bit of external research, I find this book to be an otherwise complete resource on the entries it contains.
If foraging has ever been interesting to you and you need a great place to start, or if you're a seasoned forager looking for more information on plants you may not have heard of (or need fun ideas of what to do with your bounty), this book is absolutely for you!
That being said, let's dig in to this title!
I am, at best, a foraging dabbler. I have an app or two on my phone to help identify plants, along with a couple handheld guides and larger books. I spend a lot of my time in relation to foraging figuring out where to best look for the plants in my area, and how to use them. While I am a dabbler, Squire is obviously passionate about foraging and full of experience and knowledge. It's something you can feel from the very first page. the Introduction section is inviting to people from all walks and all levels of interest in foraging. There is not gatekeeping to be found here, only encouragement and helpful reminders on how to forage in a way that is kind to the earth.
The layout of this book was organized and very visually appealing. Descriptions of harvestable plants were descriptive but not too wordy, just enough to help with identification without bogging down the reader. There are also sections on what parts and how to harvest from these plants, along with suggestions and tips on ways to utilize those harvests. The recipes added in were also a very nice touch that made me hungry more than once! I was also especially pleased with the "where to look" section within the entries, which gives foragers who may be unfamiliar with a specific item a good place to start their search for a particular plant. However, the caveat to the "where to look" being helpful is that this book contains plants that can be found in many parts of the world, so not every plant may be available in your location. This may require additional research on your own time to verify if it's a plant you can find nearby. Outside of this small bit of external research, I find this book to be an otherwise complete resource on the entries it contains.
If foraging has ever been interesting to you and you need a great place to start, or if you're a seasoned forager looking for more information on plants you may not have heard of (or need fun ideas of what to do with your bounty), this book is absolutely for you!
December 5, 2023
A Guide to Wild Foraging is an excellent read and a great beginner resource. It is well laid out with pictures commonly available foods to forage, recipes and pictures and tips for easy identification. I found it very helpful and informative. I think it’s a great place to start to learn what is edible in the wilds or even nearby your house or woods. I think this is a great book if you want to learn how to live off the land if needed or just want to educate yourself in case you find yourself in need to supplement your food.
November 27, 2023
I have never foraged but have been curious for years. This book is a wonderful guide for people of all foraging experience, especially beginners. It is full of photos for easy identification, where/how to find, as well as how to properly harvest and use the edible plants. This book also contains yummy recipes I am excited to try.
Thank you, NetGalley and Fox Chapel Publishing, for the opportunity to read and review this wonderful foraging guide.
Thank you, NetGalley and Fox Chapel Publishing, for the opportunity to read and review this wonderful foraging guide.
November 27, 2023
Informative read
This book contains a wide variety of food items to forage in the wild, complete with pictures, common and proper names, locales and descriptions. It contains info that could help a budding forager or prepper start their journey.
I requested and received a Netgalley arc to peruse gratis and offer my opinion in the same.
This book contains a wide variety of food items to forage in the wild, complete with pictures, common and proper names, locales and descriptions. It contains info that could help a budding forager or prepper start their journey.
I requested and received a Netgalley arc to peruse gratis and offer my opinion in the same.
September 11, 2023
Some very excellent guidance on field foraging for any level of experienced hunters. So many of us will not forage for fear of poisoning our families when the reality is we can contribute to their health and well being by selecting natural over store bought.
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