The Joy of Foraging
Gary Lincoff's Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying a World of Wild Food
Published on 1. July 2012
192 pages
978-1-61058-416-6 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the edible riches in your backyard, local parks, woods, and even roadside! In The Joy of Foraging, Gary Lincoff shows you how to find fiddlehead ferns, rose hips, beach plums, bee balm, and more, whether you are foraging in the urban jungle or the wild, wild woods. You will also learn about fellow foragers-experts, folk healers, hobbyists, or novices like you-who collect wild things and are learning new things to do with them every day. Along with a world of edible wild plants-wherever you live, any season, any climate-you'll find essential tips on where to look for native plants, and how to know without a doubt the difference between edibles and toxic look-alikes. There are even ideas and recipes for preparing and preserving the wild harvest year-round-all with full-color photography. Let Gary take you on the ultimate tour of our edible wild kingdom!
Reviews / Votes
"Gary Lincoff shows readers how to find fiddlehead ferns, rose hips, beach plums, bee balm and more, whether foraging in the urban jungle or in the woods. Readers will also learn about fellow foragers-experts, folk healers, hobbyists, and novices-who collect wild things and are learning new things to do with them every day. The book includes essential tips on where to look for native plants, and how to really know the difference between edibles and toxic look-alikes."- "Read This!" National Culinary Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
250
File size
232,14 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61058-416-6 (9781610584166)
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Gary Lincoff
The Joy of Foraging
Gary Lincoff's Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying a World of Wild Food
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07/2012
Quarry Books
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Person
Gary Lincoff taught courses on mushroom and plant identification and use at the New York Botanical Garden and led wild mushroom and edible wild plant study trips and forays to 30 countries. Lincoff chaired the Telluride Mushroom Festival for 25 years (1980-2004), and continued to participate for many years as its principal speaker. He was the president of the North American Mycological Association from 1980 to 1986. His books include the The Complete Mushroom Hunter and National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. He lived in New York City.
