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Product Identifiers

PublisherNimbus Publishing, The Limited

ISBN-101771085983

ISBN-139781771085984

eBay Product ID (ePID)17038405523

Product Key Features

Book TitleEating Wild in Eastern Canada : a Guide to Foraging the Forests, Fields, and Shorelines

Number of Pages152 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSpecific Ingredients / Natural Foods, Plants / General, Specific Ingredients / Seafood, General

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Body, Mind & Spirit, Cooking

AuthorJamie Simpson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal641.3009715

Table Of ContentChapter 1 Forests and Edges: Fungi, Trees, Shrubs, and a Few More Part 1: Fungi Part 2: Trees, Shrubs, and Other Plants of the Forest and its Edges Chapter 2 Fields, Marshes, Rivers, and Bogs Chapter 3 Seashore and Intertidal Areas Part 1: Sea Plants Part 2: Seaweeds, a.k.a. Sea Vegetables Part 3: A Gastropod, a Cephalopod, Some Bivalves, and a Trio of Fishes

SynopsisFrom fiddleheads to spruce tips, wild food can be adventurous and fun--with the right guide. In Eating Wild in Eastern Canada, award-winning author and conservationist Jamie Simpson (Journeys through Eastern Old-Growth Forests) shows readers what to look for in the wilds and how and when to collect it.Grouping foods by their most likely foraging locations--forests, fields, and shorelines--and with 50 full-colour photographs, identification is made accessible for the amateur hiker, wilderness enthusiast, and foodie alike. Includes historical notes and recipes, cautionary notes on foraged foods' potential dangers, and interviews with wild-edible gatherers and chefs. While gathering wild edibles may be instinctive to some, there is an art to digging for soft-shelled clams and picking highbush cranberries, and Simpson joyfully explores it in this one-of-a-kind narrative guidebook., From fiddleheads to spruce tips, wild food can be adventurous and fun--with the right guide. In Eating Wild in Eastern Canada , award-winning author and conservationist Jamie Simpson ( Journeys through Eastern Old-Growth Forests ) shows readers what to look for in the wilds and how and when to collect it. Grouping foods by their most likely foraging locations--forests, fields, and shorelines--and with 50 full-colour photographs, identification is made accessible for the amateur hiker, wilderness enthusiast, and foodie alike. Includes historical notes and recipes, cautionary notes on foraged foods' potential dangers, and interviews with wild-edible gatherers and chefs. While gathering wild edibles may be instinctive to some, there is an art to digging for soft-shelled clams and picking highbush cranberries, and Simpson joyfully explores it in this one-of-a-kind narrative guidebook., From fiddleheads to spruce tips, wild food can be adventurous and fun--with the right guide. In Eating Wild in Eastern Canada, award-winning author and conservationist Jamie Simpson ( Journeys through Eastern Old-Growth Forests ) shows readers what to look for in the wilds and how and when to collect it. Grouping foods by their most likely foraging locations--forests, fields, and shorelines--and with 50 full-colour photographs, identification is made accessible for the amateur hiker, wilderness enthusiast, and foodie alike. Includes historical notes and recipes, cautionary notes on foraged foods' potential dangers, and interviews with wild-edible gatherers and chefs. While gathering wild edibles may be instinctive to some, there is an art to digging for soft-shelled clams and picking highbush cranberries, and Simpson joyfully explores it in this one-of-a-kind narrative guidebook.