Foraging New England: Edible Wild Food and Medicinal Plants from Maine to the Adirondacks to Long Island Sound

by Tom Seymour

From beach peas to serviceberries, hen of the woods to Indian cucumber, ostrich ferns to sea rocket, Foraging New England guides the reader to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Northeast. Helpfully organized by environmental zone, the book is an authoritative guide for nature lovers, outdoorsmen, and gastronomes.

Genres: Nature

264 pages, Paperback

Published April 24, 2020

Reviews

[Samantha Small · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not only informational, but entertaining too! I just wish it was longer and had more pictures or was divided up seasonally.

[Juli Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid guide, and I like the chapters on mushrooms and animal food, which are not always included in such guides. However, I found the entries for the plants themselves to be poorly organized: prose-style blocks of text including ID information, cooking/preparation, and personal anecdotes. You pretty much have to read the entire thing just to figure out if you've got the right plant. This information would have been better broken up into a number of sections for easier reference.

[Dez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book, but will probably never forage. I’m afraid I might poison myself. Haha. It was very informative and if you actually wanted to give foraging a try, this would be a great book to read. There were some very cool facts in the book, for example you can use one of the trees as chewing gum. I

[Lex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly excellent. Disappointed by the mushroom section - mushrooming is really dangerous and the author included chanterelles with no mention of their poisonous lookalike.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

book is very well structured the only thing preventing it from being perfect is there are not enough pictures to make identification easy

[Megan Stokes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I expected this book to be useful. I didn't expect it to be so funny and endearing! Love the little notes on what's good "trail nibble" aka pick and eat as you walk.