Foraging California: Finding, Identifying, And Preparing Edible Wild Foods In California

by Christopher Nyerges

From acacia to wild grape, Foraging California guides the reader to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Golden State. Helpfully organized by plant families, with detailed information on locations, the book is an authoritative guide for nature lovers, outdoorsmen, and gastronomes.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2014

Reviews

[Sandy Qadamani · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wealth of information!

A wealth of information! This book is for you if you want to learn about the common edible plants around you in California. This would make a good book to take with you on a plant walk, while hiking or camping in my opinion. The photos helped me a lot. I liked how the plants were organized by families. I especially enjoyed the end of book where Christopher tells you which plants in California (described in this book) are also found worldwide. The recipes and charts in this book were helpful too. If you get a chance to go on a walk with Christopher, I highly recommend it and I think you would appreciate this book even more because he writes like he speaks.

[Kathleen Buczko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful as a top view

Very readable and whets the appetite but for many of the plants the detail provided does not make me comfortable I have the detail I need.

[Wendy Rasich-cypert · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun!

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recognized some common plants I learned about in school as a child that were edible. Learned about new ones. We should not have stopped sharing this knowledge.

[Olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't my favorite. I had the feeling throughout this book that the author was giving out false info. I don't know if that is actually true, but it was the feeling I got.
I like the idea of the recipes and the book was.....alright. I liked it in some parts, I guess. I agree with the author on a lot of things he said but I'm still a little nervous because I don't EXACTLY know what something looks like, so I don't know if I would be eating poison hemlock –not advised– or something else. I don't know why he doesn't put that seaweed on the beach may not be clean or the water may be bad or that some seaweed/algae is poisonous. And can you really eat elderberries? At first I thought so but now I learn that you can't (or something) and he says you can. Whom should I trust in? I don't know.