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Samuel Thayer’s ‘Incredible Wild Edibles’

December 16, 2017 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

If you are an avid fan of wild food foraging, then you know the author Samuel Thayer already. His books, Nature’s Garden (2010) and Forager’s Harvest (2006), set a new standard for foraging literature, with longer and more in-depth plant accounts than the majority of edible wild … [Read more...]

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Hank Shaw’s ‘Buck, Buck, Moose’

November 2, 2015 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Heads up hunters, game lovers, and cooks: Wild foods author Hank Shaw has a cookbook for all creatures antlered--including deer, elk, antelope, moose, and more. The book promises to take readers from nose to tail around the world, with recipes that represent a spectrum of world … [Read more...]

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Katrina Blair’s ‘Wild Wisdom of Weeds’

June 8, 2015 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

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...]

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Thomas Elpel’s ‘Foraging the Mountain West’

May 3, 2015 Erica M. Davis 3 Comments

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...]

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Dina Falconi’s ‘Foraging & Feasting’

September 4, 2014 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

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...]

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Book reviews

Samuel Thayer’s ‘Incredible Wild Edibles’

Hank Shaw’s ‘Buck, Buck, Moose’

Katrina Blair’s ‘Wild Wisdom of Weeds’

Thomas Elpel’s ‘Foraging the Mountain West’

Dina Falconi’s ‘Foraging & Feasting’

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