Synopses & Reviews
An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, botanists or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills,
Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types—it teaches how to recognize edible plants and where to find them, their medicinal and nutritional properties, and their growing cycles. It also includes fascinating folklore about plants, personal anecdotes about trips and meals, simple and tasty recipes, and photographs.
Review
“The only book of its kind . . . thoroughly written and full of firsthand experience . . . packed with the kind of information that makes identifying food plants fun.” —Robert Smaus, garden editor,
Los Angeles TimesReview
“If youre lost in the woods, the book could save your life; if youre interested in plant life and botany, the book is fascinating reading.” —Booklist
About the Author
Christopher Nyerges is the director of the School of Self-Reliance, where he has taught classes on wild foods and survival skills since 1974. He is an associate editor of Wilderness Way and West Coast editor of Wild Food Forum. He has published hundreds of articles on wild foods, gardening, self-reliance, and survival skills in American Survival Guide, Whole Life Times, Mother Earth News, Herbalist, and many other magazines.