The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods by Claude Davis, Sr. and Nicole Apelian

It could use a bit of improvement. For a beginner I would not recommend this book. For more advanced forager it s fine. Needs more descriptive and comparison pictures and detailed research information on each plant. A general knowledge idea in foraging can mean the difference between life or death. A beginner forager reading this could find themselves in a bit of a guessing game. For those people who have experience they should have no problem identifying the plants and this book makes a good quick reference check. I believe there are 3 more books than just this book to this edition making a 4 volume combination set. I d buy the other 3 to complete this just so I have them. Some knowledge is better than none. Overall please and thankful. Custer SD zone 4B.

Nicole Apelians books are great resources for herbal remedies and food foraging. With the uncertainty s that are happening it s important to know what your choices are when food and drugs become scarce. This is a big possibility in America s future. The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies and The Foragers Guide to Wild Foods are beautifully illustrated and simple to use. You won t regret buying these books and someday they may save your life.

This book has a wealth of information on wild food foraging with color photos medicinal qualities regional maps indicating where the foods grow naturally. A great source for anyone who might like to add different food ideas to their lifestyle or possible natural sources for medicinal plants if you wish to go that route. Always remember to only harvest what you are going to use and only areas known to be untouched by chemical spraying or other toxic substances. If anything it s an interesting read.

We live in Southwest Washington and this book if filled with many many plants found right here on our small farm. We have found numerous plants that we now routinely use as food or to make teas that are included in her excellent book. She has compiled a wealth of knowledge including beautiful photographs to aid in the identification of the plant lichen or mushroom. Instructions on how to prepare them. information about any medicinal use as well as any necessary safety precautions. Her work is a major asset for making the subject of ethnobotany accessible to everybody. If you are looking for first class guidance on foraging your own food and medicine then her books rate right at the top of the list to be included in your library. Thank you Dr. Apelian for your excellent work.

This book is a course all by itself. Organized well illustrated and bound on good paper it gives you common and botanical names clear images of edible plants as well as images and descriptions of poisonous look-alikes so you don t get into trouble. Maps show you where a plant grows so you don t waste time looking for a plant that only grows 500 miles away. Even recipes! There is a LOT of infomation here. I got my money s worth.

Love this book. Needing to know what plants are safe to eat or how to use as medicine is important. This book is great! Not only does it show you the item in question in color it also shows dangerous look-a-likes to stay away from. Gives instructs what parts to use for food how to fix them and where they can be found. Great information here!!

When the Apocalypse happens this book will be in my bag. A survival book a poor persons bible to thrifty eating and health. I have several books on foraging but this book is my favorite. Illustrations and information is clear beautifully outlined and thoughtfully written with little extra s you don t get in other books. I highly recommend this book. Always be respectful of where and how you forage.

Each plant listed has a map of the states with general growing locations a color picture of the plant and detailed description. For additional images the clear names make it easy to research for additional information and pictures if needed. I spent my childhood pulling many of these weeds out of the garden should have just eaten them and they probably won t have grown back. I haven t tried eating any yet but I m going to this summer. Broaden my horizons.

This is a valuable source for finding plants in the wild and using them. It does not tell you what how the plants work but there are so many other books that give you that kind of info. What I like about this book is that it helps identify the plant and gives really unique interesting recipes to make them.

I was hoping that this book would offer information on plants weeds berries etc. for someone who unfamiliar with what s edible and not edible. When my mom and aunts were living they were able to go outside and pick what we thought were weeds cleans them boil them and give it to us as a tea and we were never sick. This book brings back those memories of my young childhood.