The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer

The world's healthiest food is wild and free!

The Forager's Harvest is a wild food book like no other. Drawing upon a lifetime of experience with edible wild plants, the author shares his in-depth knowledge of foraging with the authority, enthusiasm, and humor that have captivated thousands. You'll gain an intimate understanding of all the plants in this book -- where to find them, how to identify them, their seasons of harvest, and their methods of collection and preparation. The Forager's Harvest is the perfect guide for all experience levels.

This guide features:

• More than 200 color photos, showing each edible part in the proper stage for harvest
• Step-by-step tutorial to plant identification
• Photos and text comparing potentially confusing plants
• Thorough discussion of how to gather and use the plants
• A foraging calendar showing harvest times for wild foods
• An illustrated glossary