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Urban Foraging is a great introduction to gratifying foraging in our own city back yards and meadows. Author Lisa M. Rose details fifty common plants A to Z found in America including plant properties, beautiful photos, brief identification tips, medicinal and culinary uses and "things to consider". She also describes urban soil, foraging tools and sites to avoid (grey water, roadways, pesticide/insecticide spray).
As an experienced forager with a library of countless field guides, this would not be what I would take into the field but rather would use it for pleasure and to glean inspiration for recipes. Amongst those I would happily make include Autumn BBQ sauce, Savory Burdock Pickles, Roasted Daylily Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese, Elderberry Syrup (I am always on the lookout for innovative ideas for syrups), Garlic Mustard Pesto and Nettle Risotto. Those plants without recipes often do have culinary suggestions such as using spruce tips. I can attest to their deliciousness in egg dishes, pickles, jelly and focaccia.
To properly identify plants one needs detailed photographs and drawings from various angles in situ to avoid possible errors. This is where this book does fall a bit short. However, it presents good basics to said urban plants we often take for granted (or even abhor) and their uses.
My sincere thank you to Timber Press and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this lovely book!
As an experienced forager with a library of countless field guides, this would not be what I would take into the field but rather would use it for pleasure and to glean inspiration for recipes. Amongst those I would happily make include Autumn BBQ sauce, Savory Burdock Pickles, Roasted Daylily Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese, Elderberry Syrup (I am always on the lookout for innovative ideas for syrups), Garlic Mustard Pesto and Nettle Risotto. Those plants without recipes often do have culinary suggestions such as using spruce tips. I can attest to their deliciousness in egg dishes, pickles, jelly and focaccia.
To properly identify plants one needs detailed photographs and drawings from various angles in situ to avoid possible errors. This is where this book does fall a bit short. However, it presents good basics to said urban plants we often take for granted (or even abhor) and their uses.
My sincere thank you to Timber Press and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this lovely book!