Foraging: Explore Nature's Bounty and Turn Your Foraged Finds Into Flavorful Feasts

by Mark Vorderbruggen

Overview

Examine your world to find fresh and tasty wild foods!

Stumbling upon plump wild berries on a hike or discovering succulent fresh mushrooms on the forest floor can be a welcome surprise. Turn up these happy accidents to a whole new level with the only guide on foraging you'll ever need!
 
Chock full of tips on finding and identifying fruits, flowers, roots, shoots, nuts, foliage, and more, this helpful guide shows you how to safely and successfully find and enjoy wild edibles.
 
In this Outdoor Adventure Guide, you'll find:
 
-Detailed descriptions of over 70 plants and wild foods you can safely pick and eat.
-Color photos of safe-to-eat plants at various stages of development.
-30 tasty recipes to transform your harvests into delicious dishes in the field.
-Tips of foraging safely, spotting possible pollutants, and protecting yourself from insects and wild animals.
-A handy calendar of when plants are available by season and region.
 
Welcome to a new frontier of delicious and nutritious free finds!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744051445
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	05/03/2022
Series:	Outdoor Adventure Guide
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	149,494
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Mark Vorderbruggen started one of the top foraging sites on the internet in 2008, but he has been a forager all his life. Both his parents' families used foraged foods to survive during the Great Depression, and they passed their knowledge on to him. Knowing how to harvest nature's free food fed him through the poverty years of his childhood and while getting a master's degree in medicinal chemistry and a PhD in physical organic chemistry. For the last 18 years, he has worked as a research chemist in the oil industry, using his knowledge of natural products to develop environmentally friendly replacements for traditional oil field chemicals. However, his evenings and weekends are spent guiding people back to nature's bounty, not only teaching them which plants are edible and/or medicinal, but also proselytizing how foraging heals the body, mind, and soul … and prepares them for the zombie apocalypse!

Table of Contents

The Basics 9

Rules and Ethics of Foraging 12

General Safety 13

Avoiding Toxic Environments 14

Testing for Reactions 15

Guidelines for Positive Plant Identification 16

Where and When to Forage 17

Equipment 18

General Foraging Techniques 20

The Plants 23

Trees

Basswood 24

Black Walnut 26

Elderberry 28

Hackberry 30

Maple 32

Mulberry 34

Oak 36

Pawpaw 38

Persimmon 40

Pine 42

Wild Plum 44

Prickly Ash 46

Redbud 48

Sassafras 50

Sumac 52

Vines

Brambles 54

Wild Grapes 56

Greenbrier 58

Groundnut 60

Japanese Honeysuckle 62

Passion Vine 64

Amaranth 66

Wild Asparagus 68

Weeds

Betony 70

Bittercress 72

Black Nightshade 74

Burdock 76

Chickweed 78

Cleaver 80

Clover 82

Curled Dock 84

Weeds

Dandelion 86

Dollarweed & Pony's Foot 88

Gooseberry 90

Ground Cherry 92

Henbit 94

Horehound 96

Japanese Hawkweed 98

Lamb's Quarter 100

Wild Lettuce 102

Lyreleaf Sage 104

Common Mallow 106

Wild Onion 108

Peppergrass & Shepherd's Purse 110

Pineapple Weed 112

Plantain 114

Purslane 116

Sheep Sorrel 118

Wood Sorrel 120

Sow Thistle 122

Stinging Nettle 124

Mock Strawberry 126

Wildflowers

Wild Bergamot 128

Wild Carrot 130

Chicory 132

Daylily 134

Goldenrod 136

Horsemint & Lemon Bee Balm 138

Jerusalem Artichoke 140

Wild Violet 142

Aquatics

Arrowhead 144

CattailS 146

Duckweed 148

Lotus 150

Smartweed 152

Mushrooms & Misc.

Chanterelle Mushroom 154

Chicken of the Woods Mushroom 156

Lichen 158

Morel Mushroom 160

Oyster Mushroom 162

Prickly Pear Cactus 164

Turkey Tail Mushroom 166

The Recipes 169

Berry Bannock 171

Black Nightshade Tarts 172

Chicory Dandelion Coffee 175

Cleaver Nettle Horsetail Tea 176

Dandelion & Friends Fritters 179

Fermented Wild Greens 180

Greenbrier Spring Rolls 183

Honeysuckle Infused Sugar 184

Lamb's Quarter Pasta with Chicken Alfredo Sauce 187

Oyster Mushroom Quiche 188

Pickled Burdock Roots 191

Pine Cambium Flour Donuts 192

Pine Needle Shortbread Cookies 195

Pine Rosin Boiled Sweet Potatoes 196

Prickly Pear Casserole 199

Roasted Cattail Rhizomes 200

Stuffed Grape Leaves 203

Sumac Seasoned Chicken Gyros 204

Trout Stuffed with Ground Cherries and Wild Onions 207

Wild Carrot Flower Shrub 208

Wild Mushroom Chowder 211

Glossary 212

Seasonality Chart 220

Additional Resources 223

Index 224