The Bay Area Forager
Your Guide to Edible wild Plants of the San Francisco Bay Area
Mia Andler and Kevin Feinstein
Reading this guidebook is like taking a wild foods walk with foraging experts Andler and Feinstein: it gives practical advice for gathering edible wild plants in the Bay Area (and most of coastal Northern California) in a voice that is friendly and suffused with their rich personal knowledge. You will find thorough descriptions of where to find each of the region's most readily available plants along with clear instructions for harvesting them responsibly.
Large, detailed photographs help readers to identify plants easily. Also included are mouth-watering recipes such as cattail crepes, cherry laurel cordial, fiddlehead fusilli, and rosehip soup. Ideal for any experience level The Bay Area Forager invites readers to deepen their relationship with the environment.
Now in its third printing, this book has been tested and proven to be clear, accurate, and informative. It starts with climate and hazardous plants foragers should be aware of. Then it will broaden your interest in food diversity, health, resource management, and fun outdoors.
December 2014, 5.5" x 8'5", full-color cover, 336 pages, 85+ full-color photographs, bibliography, index.
Published by The Foraging Society Press.
ISBN 978-0-61549-612-2. Trade paper
$24.95
Meet the plants:
acorns California bay laurel black nightshade blackberry (native and non-) brodiaea & blue dicks California buckeye cattail cherry laurel chickweed cleavers (aka bedstraw) clover dandelion dock Douglas fir western elderberry wild fennel |
gingko hawthorn hazel western huckleberry lemon balm loquat madrone common mallow manzanita miner's lettuce California mugwort nasturtium stinging nettle oxalis/redwood sorrel pine plantain prickly pear cactus |
purslane salsify soap root strawberry madrone thimbleberry thistles toyon black walnut wild artichoke/cardoon wild chamomile wild mustard wild oats wild onion lily wild plum wild radish wild rose wild violet yerba buena |
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