The skillful forager: essential techniques for responsible foraging and making the most of your wild edibles, paperback/leda meredith

Description The Skillful Forager is the ultimate foragers guide to working with any wild plant in the field, kitchen, or pantry.

From harvesting skills that will allow you to gather from the same plant again and again to highlighting how to get the most out of each and every type of wild edible, trusted expert Leda Meredith explores the most effective ways to harvest, preserve, and prepare all of your foraged foods.

Featuring detailed identification information for over forty wild edibles commonly found across North America, the plant profiles in this book focus on sustainable harvesting techniques that can be applied to hundreds of other plants.

This indispensable reference also provides simple recipes that can help you make the most of your harvest each season.

About the Author Leda Meredith has been foraging since she was a toddler (its her great-grandmothers fault).

An instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Leda is also the author of five books including Northeast Foraging and The Foragers Feast .