This "invaluable" guide book offers a veritable feast for foragers, with tools for safely identifying an abundance of delicious wild plants (Hank Shaw, author of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook).
The plant profiles in Northeast Foraging include:
*Clear, color photographs
*Identification tips
*Guidance on how to ethically harvest
*Suggestions for eating and preserving.
A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Rhode Island.
Leda Meredith is a lifelong forager and a certified ethnobotanist. She is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, specializing in edible and medicinal plants. The author of four other books, Meredith writes for Mother Earth News and leads tours internationally for organizations including Slow Food, Green Edge, Cornell University, and Purchase University.