If you'd like to experiment with wild foods and explore new flavors, but don't know where to start-The Forager's Pantry was written for you. This comprehensive and accessible book by Ellen Zachos takes readers through spices and herbs, flowers, fruit, greens, nuts and seeds, tubers and roots, and mushrooms, showing how some of the best ingredients come from nature itself. The Forager's Pantry is for any home cook, chef, or foodie who wants to incorporate...

In Pursuit of Wild Edibles: A Forager's Tour tells the story of one man passionate about finding wild edibles and creating recipes to highlight their unique flavors. An American expatriate, poet, and gourmet living in France, Jeffrey Greene has scoured the fields, rivers, and beaches of Europe and his native New England in search of foods ranging from puffballs and periwinkles to stone pine nuts and gooseneck barnacles. For many, foraging is the latest...

"Now more than ever Americans want to know where their food comes from, and, foraging--once relegated to natural foods extremists--has moved into the mainstream. From food world darlings David Chang and Rene Redzepi discussing the idea of foraging in Central Park to home cooks finding purslane in their backyards or nettles at farmer's markets, the whole country is embracing this practical, delicious, back-to-the land trend, a natural extension of...

"Heavey chronicles his attempts to 'eat wild,' seeing how much of his food he can hunt, fish, grow, and forage"--Dust jacket flap.

A wild game cookbook for every hunter -- from the aspiring chef to the seasoned shot who does his own butchering -- this collection of at-home and in-the-field recipes and kitchen tricks is everything that a modern wild game cookbook should be.

Shot at over 17 locations along Australia's east coast, 'Wild' takes the reader outdoors as Sarah Glover shares a new way to see the world around us: as our very own kitchen, a place to surround ourselves with family and friends. From Tasmania's Satellite Island to Byron Bay, Glover has travelled the coasts of Australia to create dishes from beautiful Australian produce - all of which is available right at our fingertips. She shows us how to zoom...

Shares the secrets behind the author's weight-loss success, revealing misinformation in calorie-restricting diets while explaining the health potential of unprocessed foods that are rich in fat and fiber.

Trying to eat locally? Discover food in the plant life all around you. Learn to eat your way around the block! Your backyard or a nearby park or vacant lot might be rich with edible possibilities. The author leads you through harvesting etiquette, plant identification, and tips on how to eat the leaves, flowers, nuts, seeds, roots, and mushrooms that are there for the taking. Foraging is the fun, safe, and free way to eat locally.

"Fermentation has been used for thousands of years by people all around the world. It is the easiest and safest way to preserve fresh food, and nature provides all that's required: salt, plants, sometimes water, and the beneficial lactic acid bacteria found everywhere. When we ferment a food we transform it, making it more delicious and nutritious and creating new and wonderful flavors that bring it to a whole new level. Today fermented foods have...