Order 'Buck, Buck, Moose' by Monday, Nov. 9 to reserve a copy. Heads up hunters, game lovers, and cooks: Wild foods author Hank Shaw is producing a cookbook for all creatures antlered--including deer, elk, antelope, moose, and more. The book promises to take readers from nose to … [Read more...]
Katrina Blair’s Wild Wisdom of Weeds
Perhaps the hot springs had something to do with it, but when I sat down to review Katrina Blair’s book, The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2014), I found myself enjoying a sort of inner peace. The book features chapters … [Read more...]
A Patterns Method for Wild Food: Thomas Elpel’s Foraging the Mountain West
You may know Thomas Elpel best for his book, Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification. Unlike traditional plant identification guides that provide descriptions and photos of individual species, his well-loved softcover tutorial, now in its sixth printing (Hops … [Read more...]
Dina Falconi’s Foraging & Feasting
My mother-in-law-to-be walked into our apartment and bee-lined it straight for Dina Falconi’s book, Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook (2013), which I had out on the coffee table. The cover is a hand-drawn festival of colorful wild plants, from bulbs to … [Read more...]
Eat Your Ornamentals: Backyard Foraging with Ellen Zachos
Did you know that hosta—the large-leaved and oft variegated landscaping plant that the deer love so much—is edible? I had no idea until I picked up Ellen Zachos’ book, Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat (Storey Publishing, 2013). Go figure. The … [Read more...]
