The Skillful Forager is the ultimate forager's guide to working with any wild plant in the field, kitchen, or pantry.
Leda Meredith has been foraging since she was a toddler (it's her great-grandmother's 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 Forager's Feast.
"This is a book that needed to be written—an invaluable resource
for anyone who wants to be more than an armchair forager." —Hank
Shaw, author of Hunt, Gather, Cook
"Identification is the first task of the forager, but what comes
next? It turns out, almost everything. How does one select
the best berries, the tenderest greens,
the freshest mushrooms, and gather them in an
ecologically responsible manner? What is the most practical way to
clean, crack, or pit them? How can they be stored? In The
Skillful Forager, Leda Meredith answers just these questions,
laying out the basic skills that she has perfected through decades
of gathering wild plants and using them in the kitchen. She leaves
readers with a set of practical, simple, healthy, and delicious
recipes that can be adapted to a variety of ingredients, wild or
domestic—just the way that real home cooks cook everyday food.
Because to Leda, that’s what foraged food is." —Samuel Thayer,
author of The Forager’s Harvest
"In The Skillful Forager, Leda Meredith doesn’t just describe
some of her favorite wild edibles, she lays the groundwork for you
to become a better forager. Leda covers recommended plants and
mushrooms, safe and mindful harvesting, and wraps it all up by
describing multiple cooking and preservation techniques we all can
use to make the most of our harvests. The Skillful
Forager takes you from field to table with excellent
information, inspiring ideas, and lots of fabulous flavor." —Ellen
Zachos, author of Backyard Foraging
"The Skillful Forager is a product of this millennium, reflecting
current concerns such as sustainability. It adds some interesting
wrinkles to help those who would like to safely sample wild foods.
Foraging today is largely an urban conceit, engaged in for any
number of reasons, most of which are valid. Perhaps the most
important is encouraging closer observation of the natural world.
The author’s extensive experience with teaching foraging has
generated many helpful suggestions, not only for the beginner, but
the veteran forager as well. It includes detailed harvesting
techniques; the best time to harvest; which part of the plant is
most useful; keeping the harvest fresh; and methods of preparation
for the table. The book’s strength is its emphasis on
techniques for collecting, preparation, and ethics…engaging and
readable." —Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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