Huckleberry Book: All About the West's Most Treasured Berry - From Botany to Bears, Mountain Lore to Recipes - revised

by Asta Bowen

Here it is, the final word on the most sought-after wild fruit in the mountain west, the tangy berry that makes its domestic cousin, the blueberry, seem like bland stuff. This wildly popular book features 37 delectable recipes from cakes to champagne. This book also examines Rocky Mountain huckleberry ecology and lore, including defining the types, picking and preserving, proper manners in a huckleberry patch (after all, huckleberries are one of the favorite foods of bears; all done with charming humor and sheer joy in finding, picking, and eating the huckleberry and enjoying its mountain domain.

Genres: Cookbooks

96 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1988

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book on the wild and mysterious perfect fruit. The author leads you through the differences in blueberries (what Bowen says some call blahberries) and huckleberries, a little simple botany, where huckleberries can be found, Native American and other early stories of huckleberries, short memoirs and even poetry. Illustrations are really nice and the book ends with recipes, even one for pemmican. My favorite tip is how to dry huckleberries without a modern oven or food dehydrator—something involving a sunny day and a car hood!

[Mario Durrant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book!

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

First two chapters are a little hard to get through, after that it just romps along. Recipes. First published in 1988, and some information may be a bit outdated. I am a huckleberry freak, but have never had them fresh - too bad. But even more than huckleberries - I love chokecherries!

Enjoyable and informative and short.

[Leslie Raymer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nicely done. Love huckleberries!