The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods

by Claude Davis, Nicole Apelian

319 color pages, 400 wild foods, plant localization maps for each plant (400 maps), paperback, great print quality, superior plant identification guidelines, recipes for each plant, full page photos of the plants, at least 3 pictures for each plant, medicinal uses.The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods is probably the most important thing you want to have by your side when you go out foraging. Maybe there are times when you're still not sure about a certain plant and you need to consult the book, despite your vast experience. Or maybe you don’t have experience at all and just want to find wild goodies using the book.This book is the ultimate resource for every home, kept right next to your emergency foods, in your Bug out Bag, on your coffee table, or in your bookcase. You can use this book to put food on your table in case hard times are coming ahead. This knowledge is better at your fingertips now, as you might not be able to get it when you need it the most.You can also use the book to make your own remedies from plants growing around you. Inside The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods there are hundreds of medicinal plants and detailed, super simple instructions on how to take advantage of them.A lot of high-priced foods you find labeled as ORGANIC, are nothing compared to the ones that grow in the wild. Wild foods mean no GMO, no pesticides, herbicides or harmful contaminants. There are no foods healthier than the ones you pick yourself in the wild.This is FREE food and it’s completely up for grabs.The plant knowledge is no longer taught as it has been for thousands of generations before us.If we don’t do something about it, this knowledge will be lost forever and one day we might pay the ultimate price for this.When you were growing up, it was probably your parents or grandparents that helped you identify your very first berry..

Genres: Nonfiction, Health, Nature, Self Help, Plants, Food, Gardening

1632 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Sam Borgia · Rating 4 out of 5]

My initial interest in this book was only learning about edible plants, but after having read it cover to cover my interest in mushrooms and seaweeds has been piqued...the author's excellent descriptions of the flavors of everything she writes about have made me want to go out and try everything! And her recipes are all unique, out of the box, easy-seeming, and sound delicious to me. The medicinal-use info for each foraged item was also super interesting.

Two drawbacks: 1) At least this edition had quite a number of typos scattered throughout which sometimes made it so that the description of some plants' identifying features were incomplete or unclear and the measures of ingredients for some recipes were left out. 2) Most of the photos of the plants in this book are quite small, and the picture quality throughout is quite grainy/fuzzy lessening their visual reference value.

[SoulSurvivor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of work to find a copy of this book, nothing new here.

[Crim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pictures are super easy to look at, info is correct and easy to understand, beautifully marked in sections like trees, mushrooms, seaweed, etc. One thing I am appreciative of for this book is that in the back it has a poisonous plant section. Going throughout the book the poisonous versions of plants always seemed to have a blurry photo. Now i didnt cross compare them but I am sure its in the back for those. There are a few recipies in there as well with certain plants which is cool. Lots of good knowledge.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish i could get a european edition

[Pam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Accurate plant identification is critical to foraging and unfortunately the photographs in this book are of poor quality. Some are so fuzzy that the details of the plant are totally impossible to see, I think this is due to poor quality photos and poor quality printing. This is a major fault as it could lead people to sample plants that are not edible! Otherwise, the information in the book is pretty routine. Unfortunately there are no anecdotes or historical details to enliven the text. The lack of any mention of how Native Americans used some of these plants was a glaring ommission. Likewise no mention of whether the plant is native or introduced to North America. On the plus side she does give some rough cooking suggestions which is very valuable. Having a regional forager's book would be much more beneficial.

[Jeannie Locke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference book for North American foragers.

[linda m vanasse]

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[Kitty Axelson-Berry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of all my wild foods books, this is the best. It's well organized and included poisonous look-alikes, health benefits, recipes, an index, photos, and more.

[Juli Forsyth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This will come in handy if the modern world shuts down.

[Salina Christensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The pictures and information are amazing, so much to learn and new wild foods i never knew of

[Beta Metani' Marashi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every household should get hold of this book!

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have only just begun my wild foraging journey, and I found this book to be a great introduction. It has gained a spot on my shelves along with its counterparts.

[Amber Shields · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best Wild foods book I have found. Must have in the collection.

[Mayra Luria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Resource book