Describes the appearance, habitats, and culinary uses of numerous North American wild plants and identifies common poisonous plants.
This beautifully illustrated guide identifies the most familiar plants and includes information on how to harvest and prepare their edible parts.
"Watermelons are fruits. Cabbages are leaves. Walnuts are seeds. Carrots are roots. People eat many parts of plants. Even flowers!--
The contents include taxonomies, color illustrations, and pharmacological data. This book continues as volume 6 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants.
This is not only a complete guide to range, habitat, nutritional and medicinal facts, and identification of common wild plants; it also has useful information about how to prepare them.
This book invites readers on a sumptuously illustrated walk through the world garden to discover the story of some 250 food plants from field to table.