Edible Wild Plants : Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate
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By author: John Kallas
Product Code: 01500
ISBN: 978-1-4236-0150-0
Format: Paperback / softback
Trim size: 6.00 x 9.00
Pages: 416
Publication date: 6/11/2010
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Description:
Edible Wild Plants divides plants into four flavor categories -- foundation, tart, pungent, and bitter. Categorizing by flavor helps readers use these greens in pleasing and predictable ways. According to the author, combining elements from these different categories makes the best salads.
This field guide is essential for anyone wanting to incorporate more natural and whole foods into their diet. First ever nutrient tables that directly compare wild foods to domesticated greens are included. Whether looking to enhance a diet or identify which plants can be eaten for survival, the extensive information on wild foods will help readers determine the appropriate stage of growth and how to properly prepare these highly nutritious greens.
John Kallas is one of the foremost authorities on North American edible wild plants and other foragables. He's learned about wild foods through formal academic training and over 35 years of hands-on field research. John has a doctorate in nutrition, a master's in education, and degrees in biology and zoology.
Product Code: 01500
ISBN: 978-1-4236-0150-0
Format: Paperback / softback
Trim size: 6.00 x 9.00
Pages: 416
Publication date: 6/11/2010
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Description:
Edible Wild Plants divides plants into four flavor categories -- foundation, tart, pungent, and bitter. Categorizing by flavor helps readers use these greens in pleasing and predictable ways. According to the author, combining elements from these different categories makes the best salads.
This field guide is essential for anyone wanting to incorporate more natural and whole foods into their diet. First ever nutrient tables that directly compare wild foods to domesticated greens are included. Whether looking to enhance a diet or identify which plants can be eaten for survival, the extensive information on wild foods will help readers determine the appropriate stage of growth and how to properly prepare these highly nutritious greens.
John Kallas is one of the foremost authorities on North American edible wild plants and other foragables. He's learned about wild foods through formal academic training and over 35 years of hands-on field research. John has a doctorate in nutrition, a master's in education, and degrees in biology and zoology.
What to expect about this book?
John Kallas who has a Phd in nutrition, and a renown wild edible expert, started his quest for foraging since the 1970’s. He by far is no novice to the field of wild edibles. The moment you open his book he dives quickly into explaining the meaning of what edible means. Describing to the reader that the same common sense we use when eating other foods we know also apply in how we are to be towards wild edibles. He leaves no room for fowl play was you will find on pgs 38-39 when he discusses the sincere dangers of eating poisonous plants, "Most people are only familiar with the kind of poison you see in the spy movies, where someone keels over and dies within a few seconds of ingesting that poisoned martini. But toxins found in nature are more clever and diverse than that. Something you've eaten may be causing damage to your liver, kidneys, heart, nervous system, or reproductive system, even if it tasted good and you are feeling fine after eating it. This hidden toxicity demonstrates the difference between as acute toxin and a more subtle and underlying one. An acute toxin is fast-acting and dramatic. You may not die from it, but you feel symptoms as soon as the toxin starts to affecting the body. With an acute toxin, you know that you have been poisoned.... An Underline toxin is one that works at a less obvious level. The toxin may build up over time to produce more dramatic symptoms later or may continually damage some organ or physiological process, thereby degrading function. It may also have a temporary effect. That is your body heals over time if you stop being exposed to it; or the toxin may cause permanent damage even if you stop being exposed to it. An underlying toxin can cause death by damaging vital systems over time. These toxins are the reason you cannot assume that just because a plants part taste good, its edible."?
He explains very detailed wise how to understand the morphology of a plant so you will know when to eat it, what is edible and what parts to eat and not eat. He goes over what tools to use when foraging and what to use to collect, what to use to dig and so forth. My favorite part of the book is how in depth he goes into the preparing and edible aspects of each plant and how you can be extremely creative with making a lot of interesting dishes into a delightful cuisine from each plant. Wood Sorrel Soup anyone? He also covers some medicinal aspects some plants have, and how they were used in the past medicinally. Another huge bonus to this book is he has a chart showing you which regions this plant is native and or commonly found in the North America, a well as Canada's region. The book is filled with well photographed pictures of the plants, and the stages they look like in their growth, as well as features description making it a easy to use and identify the source.
What not to expect? Well by all means this book is far from boring as John Kallas is just as passionate as his buddy Samuel Thayer is, and yes, they know each other well. This info should not surprise you as well they both very much respect each other and have the same view points on writing really good stuff. So dive in and enjoy, oh and just remember one thing you will not regret one minute of your having this book in your library.
- -By Avi Ben Shalom
John Kallas who has a Phd in nutrition, and a renown wild edible expert, started his quest for foraging since the 1970’s. He by far is no novice to the field of wild edibles. The moment you open his book he dives quickly into explaining the meaning of what edible means. Describing to the reader that the same common sense we use when eating other foods we know also apply in how we are to be towards wild edibles. He leaves no room for fowl play was you will find on pgs 38-39 when he discusses the sincere dangers of eating poisonous plants, "Most people are only familiar with the kind of poison you see in the spy movies, where someone keels over and dies within a few seconds of ingesting that poisoned martini. But toxins found in nature are more clever and diverse than that. Something you've eaten may be causing damage to your liver, kidneys, heart, nervous system, or reproductive system, even if it tasted good and you are feeling fine after eating it. This hidden toxicity demonstrates the difference between as acute toxin and a more subtle and underlying one. An acute toxin is fast-acting and dramatic. You may not die from it, but you feel symptoms as soon as the toxin starts to affecting the body. With an acute toxin, you know that you have been poisoned.... An Underline toxin is one that works at a less obvious level. The toxin may build up over time to produce more dramatic symptoms later or may continually damage some organ or physiological process, thereby degrading function. It may also have a temporary effect. That is your body heals over time if you stop being exposed to it; or the toxin may cause permanent damage even if you stop being exposed to it. An underlying toxin can cause death by damaging vital systems over time. These toxins are the reason you cannot assume that just because a plants part taste good, its edible."?
He explains very detailed wise how to understand the morphology of a plant so you will know when to eat it, what is edible and what parts to eat and not eat. He goes over what tools to use when foraging and what to use to collect, what to use to dig and so forth. My favorite part of the book is how in depth he goes into the preparing and edible aspects of each plant and how you can be extremely creative with making a lot of interesting dishes into a delightful cuisine from each plant. Wood Sorrel Soup anyone? He also covers some medicinal aspects some plants have, and how they were used in the past medicinally. Another huge bonus to this book is he has a chart showing you which regions this plant is native and or commonly found in the North America, a well as Canada's region. The book is filled with well photographed pictures of the plants, and the stages they look like in their growth, as well as features description making it a easy to use and identify the source.
What not to expect? Well by all means this book is far from boring as John Kallas is just as passionate as his buddy Samuel Thayer is, and yes, they know each other well. This info should not surprise you as well they both very much respect each other and have the same view points on writing really good stuff. So dive in and enjoy, oh and just remember one thing you will not regret one minute of your having this book in your library.
- -By Avi Ben Shalom
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Contents
Part 1: Understanding Wild Foods - Identifying and Enjoying Wild Foods - What is Edible - When Plant Parts Morph Into Food - Foraging Tool Part 2: The Plants Foundation Greens
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Pungent Green
Part 3: The Potential Of Wild Foods
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