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Backyard foraging /

Zachos, Ellen.

Backyard foraging / by Ellen Zachos. - 239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes index.

Getting started : identifying habitats in the 'hood, ensuring safety, ethical harvesting -- Harvest with care : you don't have to sacrifice your scenery; picking shoots and young foliage; foraging flowers, fruits, and nuts; digging roots and tubers; timing for taste -- Grazing greens : tasty leaves and stems -- The fruits of nature's labor : edible flowers and fruits -- Nature's granola : nuts and seeds -- Hidden treasure : roots, tubers, and rhizomes -- Friendly fungi -- Superstars -- You wouldn't do this if it didn't taste good : recipes and storage advice -- Freezing -- Dehydration -- Syrups, jams, and jellies -- Booze -- Baked goods -- Savory dishes -- Fruity miscellany -- Resources and recommended reading -- Books about wild edible plants -- Foraging books with blogs -- Mushrooms -- Vendors of mushroom-growing supplies -- Food preparation.

9781612120096 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2012043352


Wild plants, Edible--Identification.
Cooking (Wild foods)

QK98.5.A1 / Z33 2013

641.3/03

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