Book Description
More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.
Customer Reviews:
Up to the usual Peterson Field Guides standards.......2007-03-23
Although this book is well written and organized, I have one minor complaint...
If you are going to depend on a book to decide whether or not you can eat something without poisoning yourself, the pictures next to the plant descriptions ought to be in color rather than black and white sketches.
excellent seller and product.......2007-02-13
Item as described and received in a timely manner... an excellent buying experience!
Wonderful.......2007-01-10
This is a very comprehensive book that I am learning much from. It is exhaustive in showing edible plants, many that I didnt realize.
Not quite as good as the medicinal.......2006-08-17
The pictures aren't good enough to make identification easy. Good information if you have another book to identify the plants with.
perfect choice.......2005-09-13
As usual the Petersen Guide did not disappoint me. It's exactly what I wanted for plant identification
Book Description
“Season-by-season guide to identification, harvest, and preparation of more than 200 common edible plants to be found in the wild....Hundreds of edible species are included....[This] handy paperback guide includes jelly, jam, and pie recipes, a seasonal key to plants, [and a] chart listing nutritional contents.”—Booklist. “[Five hundred] beautiful color photographs...temptingly arranged.”—The Library Letter
Customer Reviews:
A 'must' for people interested in edible wild plants.......2004-06-13
My only regret about this book is that it isn't longer!
The plants are organized by season, and every plant has a small map to show what regions it grows in. There is a very nice, good sized picture of each plant, and most of them are in color. Information is also provided about harvesting, how to prepare the plant, and poisonous look alikes, if any.
The plants are listed by their common names, but the latin names are listed as well. Plants can be located by either name in the index.
If you are interested in edible wild plants, this book is a great value for a reasonable price.
Learning Edible Plants.......2002-10-07
This books shows, in an easy to understand format-in my opinion-a person how to identify wild edible plants that they can harvest (some even in their own backyard). It shows photos of the plants, tells you if there is a poisonous look alike plant, how to identify them, common locations of the plants, and how to prepare them for a meal. If someone wants to learn more about eating plants that grow in the wild, this book is the one I think should be in their library.
Only Fair for Identification.......2002-09-07
Identification of edible species is what I want, with emphasis on the first word. From my experience in identifying tree species and other plant ID handbooks, I'd call this one mediocre. The photos are often close-ups with no indication of scale, so size is unknown. Details are not included. Root structure and overall plant structure are seldom shown. ID often depends on flowers, present only for a few weeks of the year. Variation among species is so widespread that I'd recommend at least two good books, with better illustrations than those found here. Drawings, though not "natural", often provide better clues to identity by showing roots, structure, etc.
Good.......2002-05-21
Eating what you find in the wild can be a life saver. Learn about plants, not just N. American, but any place in the world that you might be called to serve.
From our garden.......2002-05-01
We have found many edible plants near our house -- we call it "Heaven's Garden."
Customer Reviews:
Not a field guide but a personality guide.......2007-04-20
In this book Tom isn't really trying to make a field guide to identify edible/medicinal plants. He is trying to get you to enjoy those plants, not just use them. Each plant that he talks about has a story that goes along with it. Whether it is the first time he took a sip of catnip tea or an adventure down the river on a raft made from sassafras trees that had been cut down. I have found this book extremely helpful in enjoying and getting to know the types of plants described. Which i find in turn helps me a lot with identifying them from look a likes and really appreciating what i do find to eat.
Not a field guide but great stories.......2007-01-25
I love Tom Brown, and his stories about plants are an important part of how I practice herbal medicine. But this book would have been much much better if it had illustrations or at least drawings. As a result, I leave the book at home and read it for enjoyment, cross-referencing it with a field guide if need be.
Great for the info it has, but not an identification and classification book.......2006-02-18
This book is written from the standpoint of someone who needs to use plants either for survival or bush medicine. It is not the best or most accurate filed guide for identifying or classifying plants. I found it best to use this book in conjunction with an Audubon field guide. The Audubon filed guide will give you a picture and a better description of the plant that you are looking for, Tom Brown's book tells you what to do with the plant when you find it.
Tom browns book is the more important part of this equation, what good is knowing what a plant looks like without knowing what it is used for? So, I recommend using a different field guide for finding a certain plant, and then using Tom Brown's guide and practice making the medicinal applications and teas that he has. This book was not designed to take the place of a standard photographic field guide. It is designed to be used first in conjunction with a standard field guide until you know the plant and can identify it, then the illustrations and such are only to jog your memory in the field if you are looking for a certain remedy plant but its been a while since you messed with it.
A warning for readers.......2005-11-23
This book contains a description and uses of the plant comfrey.
[...]
Before you go out ingesting plants you should look them up at reputable medical sites to see if they can cause problems in people or interact with prescription drugs.
Entertaining Book And Educational.......2005-02-20
Tom Brown Jr's stories about his experiences with Stalking Wolf and other ancients will keep you entertained while you learn about the divers benefits of plants. If Tom ever decides write part two, I will be in line for a second helping.
Average customer rating:
- Good, Not Great
- A nice book, but should not be your only source
- Donýt throw away your hoe and spade yet
- Better than many others
- A little knowledge can be dangerous...
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Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
Bradford Angier
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Customer Reviews:
Good, Not Great.......2005-11-08
Other reviewers caution that this text "should not be your only source"... I agree, but I'd guess that's true of any such reference.
A nice book, but should not be your only source.......2004-09-05
This is an interesting guide with lots of good illustrations and detailed descriptions of the plants. But I would never dare to eat any of the plants because the book does not explain whether the edible plants could easily be confused with possibly toxic plants, it does not explain clearly enough how the edible plants should be cooked, and in some places I even question the given advice. For example, we always grew our own elderberries and were taught that the berries should never be eaten raw. They must be cooked. Anger says that the raw berries may not taste good but can be eaten raw. Is he right? I would rather trust my grandmother who grew up poor and often depended on wild plants.
Then I checked another plant I knew well, namely arrowhead. It grows wild in the wetland area of my garden. I had never checked the tubers before but now I did. They grow deep down in oxygen-deprived soil that smells horrible when disturbed. I am not sure I want to eat this plant raw, as the author suggests. In fact, the Peterson Field Guide on edible plants says that the tubers have an unpleasant taste when eaten raw, but taste delicious when cooked.
If you are just interested in knowing which plants can be eaten, this book is quite good. If you actually want to eat some of the plants, also buy the Peterson Field Guide "Edible Wild PLants." While Angier has better illustrations, Peterson has better cooking descriptions.
Donýt throw away your hoe and spade yet.......2003-09-09
This book is a catalog of mostly uncultivated plants that are edible or have medicinal purposes. The entries are arranged alphabetically by common name, so there is no key system- -if you're looking at a plant and you don't already know it's name, you'll have to leaf through every page of the book to see if it's there. For each entry, there is a short article that provides other names for the plant, and description, distribution, and information about uses. There is also an idealized color illustration of the plant to aid identification. The description sections are not consistent in the types of information that they provide- -some descriptions cover the plant, the fruit, or the flowers, while others cover history, varieties, and more distribution information. The uses section tells us which parts of the plant can be consumed, and how they must be prepared to eliminate any toxins that might be present.
I was quite excited after reading the introduction to this book- -wow! So many plants are out there in the forest just waiting for those in the know to come by and eat them. Why plant a garden? But as I read the entries for each individual plant, I began to recognize that it would be hard to get your sole nutrition from the wild plants mentioned here. A great many of the plants are leafy greens, that are too bitter or too toxic to eat without at least soaking and often boiling, possibly several times. That got me wondering about how much nutrition could be left in a plate of well boiled wild greens, if we are cautioned not to cook cultivated greens in a similar manner because all the vitamins will be washed away. If you have to boil the heck out of these things to make them edible, wouldn't you be better off with greens that have been cultivated for thousands of years to be tender enough to consume them raw, straight out of the garden? In addition to the leafy greens, Angier includes a few fruits like blueberries and cranberries (the illustration for blueberry leaves is like none I've ever seen in the wild before), some trees like maples and others where you can eat the inner bark lining (hopefully without killing too many trees), and some edible tubers. The descriptions of the edible tubers seem the most promising, nutritionally. Overall, I found this book an interesting read as well as somewhat informative, but I think I will keep on gardening after all.
Better than many others.......2002-09-07
I find this one useful. Drawings are not "natural" but compensate by revealing all major parts clearly: root, leaf, flower, stems. Anyway, I find one needs at least two books for reliable identity and often for any ID at all. Variations among species make identity of individual plants a lot harder than it might seem, excepting for a few easy plants like cat tails, purslane, etc. I agree with a prior reviewer that absence of poisonous plants is unfortunate. Also, absence of scientific names is not good, since common names aren't reliable.
A little knowledge can be dangerous..........2002-08-02
This book is very interesting with nice pictures but should not be used as a primary source in the field. In my opinion, it gives a false sense of security by failing to mention poisonous plants that appear similar to those highlighted. Also, it does not pay particular attention to precise plant identification and therefore should not be used for this purpose. Overall, I have enjoyed this book immensely, but would recommend it with caution.
Book Description
A compact field reference for campers, and a robust cookbook for all lovers of natural foods. It includes an illustrated guide identifying 70 wild plants and a collection of 350 recipes for serving up the forager's finds. For all regions. 98,000 copies in print.
Customer Reviews:
Amazon has the wrong title for this book........2005-07-18
The book pictured is Billy Joe Tatum's Wild Foods Field Guide and Cookbook, a subtle title distinction from Billy Joe Tatum's Wild Foods Cookbook and Field Guide, but an important one. This 5 1/2" x 7 3/8" reprinted version of the 1976 classic, done in 1985, might be more convenient to carry into the field, but it is a lot less convenient to use in the field or in the kitchen as the print is tiny. The pages have been reduced from the original size of 7 3/8" x 9 3/16". You'll be happier with the original, which I'd give four stars, if you can find it. Each of the 70 wild plants featured in the book has its own page of narration, and a good black & white ink sketch. What distinguishes this classic from all others, however, is that it combines the guide with "over 350 irresistible recipes for serving them up."
Ozark Forager shares her joy.......1998-09-01
The staff of our nature center lists this as an excellent resource. Her BIG, detailed books have good drawings and great recipes. Her home is the Ozarks so the plants are common to us in Oklahoma.
Customer Reviews:
A must own for the rural person who eats wild foods.......2004-07-11
What makes this book rare and most useful is the listings are by the four seasons as well as habitat or areas grown or found in, so you know when to actually look for a specific plant. There is a small symbol next to each plant to show you how the plant can be utilized, like foraging for food, medicinal etc. I also like that the book covers look alike, since this may well save your life. The graphics used etc are superb. And the recipes are useful. This is one of those books any self sufficient rural or mountain person will own and use.
Customer Reviews:
Fun knowledge to have!.......2005-09-13
I had the opportunity to attend a talk given by Cattail Bob recently. I was impressed enough to by his book. This book doesn't cover all the edible plants avilable, but the title does state "Best Tasting Plants" and I imagine there are plenty more that just don't taste good out there. At the presentation he had samples for us to all taste and taught what characteristics to look out for with the toxic plants. The book is an excellent alternative to attending one of his classes, and a great supplement to them if you can attend one. I especially like that he has multiple photographs of each plant showing them in different seasons (since we all know that plants don't bloom year round). I am looking forward to exploring more on my own with this handy field guide. I never knew that I had edible plants in my own backyard!
EXCELLENT.......2000-05-28
I have read many books on the wild edibles of our Rocky Mountains, and have had very few compare to this one. This book not only gives DETAILED color photos of every plant listed, he also gives approximate dates (months) they are to be immature, mature, flowering, adn bearing fruit. He also gives potential lookalikes, cautions, uses, and special notes of other uses. This book is divided into three main sections. Low altitude plants, High altitude plants and the common toxic plants of the area. All the plants listed in all sections are fairly common and I am sure many people from enthusiasts to hikers/backpackers would find this information useful. In the back of the book, Seebeck also includes ideas of what type of recipies to use these plants in. The only reason I awarded four stars is because I wished there were more listed, like those ever present mountain weeds and grains.
Customer Reviews:
Great reference guide........2002-04-23
A practical use reference book filled with vivid illustrations and informative text. For those who would like to learn more about the wide variety of edible plants that grow in North America. Perfect size too, not too big and yet big enough where text and illustrations are clear and easy to read. Surprisingly, it is one of the few books on the subject published in the last 25 years. Now out of print and becoming harder to find.
Book Description
A thorough guide to Estonia, including history, culture, and tips for travelers.
Customer Reviews:
Great Buy.......2007-03-10
The book I purchased was delivered to my house in great condition. It was if I had just bought the book at a book store.
A Fine Introduction to Estonia.......2005-08-08
This newly revised guide is an excellent and comprehensive introduction to Estonia, the newly reborn Nordic country on the Baltic Sea.
I have been a regular visitor since 2000 and have travelled extensively around Estonia and cannot fault this book in any of its details, whether on history, recommended destinations or the ambience of hotels.
Whereas some guides tend to concentrate mainly on the capital Tallinn, this one goes on to give extensive detail on the regional towns. To anyone contemplating their first visit to Estonia they should plan to venture beyond Tallinn because that is where the true beauty of the country lies, in the forests and lakes and fields of wildflowers; and this book makes excellent reading on where to go.
The substantial entry on Estonian history is also essential to give an understanding on how extraordinary its current progress is and how a modern Scandinavian democracy has risen elegantly from 50 years of oppression and colonisation.
Bradts : The Intelligent Person's Guide to Estonia.......2005-01-16
I live in Estonia and am now on my indispensable third edition of Bradts guide by Neil Taylor.
This is very much a book for the discerning traveller. The 40-odd pages about the general history, economy, geography and culture of Estonia are excellent. No other guide covers these subjects so extensively. The practical information is always up to date (important in a country where so much is changing so fast) as Neil Taylor visits regularly and has good networks `on site'. The travel information is scattered with interesting texts and quotes from such Estonian luminaries as Ants Oras and Lennart Meri, the Welsh/Estonian MP Lembit Opik (who gives an apt 1-page guide to Dos and Don'ts) and British travellers of the 1930's. In addition I can recommend the well planned suggested tours.
This is the only guidebook in English that concentrates on Estonia without lumping it together with the other two Baltic States. This is very much to Bradts credit as the States are far from homogenous and deserve a volume all to themselves. Bradt's Latvia and Lithuania are also recommended.
Bradt's is always growing and changing so, if you're heading for Estonia and want reliable information about the country's natural beauty, turbulent history, what to see, what to do and how much it will cost, don't go without it!
Hilary Bird, Vanemuise, Tartu, Estonia
bradt's guide to estonia.......2000-04-06
This excellent guide is one of the best. Even the very fine guides from the 90s have out of date infomation that this volume rectifies. I appreciate the book's scope and practicality. The new color photos add a great deal. Next time in Estonia this one is coming along.
An Intelligent Guide.......2000-03-22
Although a previous review criticised this book for not helping with the shopping, there are those of us who can negotiate these things on our own, or who went to Estonia armed also with more touristy guides for those matters (such as the fine "In Your Pocket" series). The Bradt Guide to Estonia, however, is for those of us who wish to know more about the history, culture, and especially the natural history of a place before we travel, that we may arrive informed. Indeed, not many travel guides even touch on a region's natural history, but this one does more than that, and also has some good stories that prepare the traveler. It's good reading.
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