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Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Beach Plums to Wineberries

By Leda Meredith

Although I have over 200 books on foraging in my collection, I would rate this as one of the very best.

Wildness Magazine

The Northeast offers a veritable feast for foragers. The woods, meadows, seashore, and even city neighborhoods are home to an abundance of delicious wild edible plants. A passionate wild foods expert, Meredith emphasizes local varieties and traditions, showing you what to look for, when and where to look, and how to gather in a responsible way.

Northeast Foraging is a hardworking guide packed with detailed information and clear photography for the safe identification of more than 120 wild plants. It also features a seasonal guide for foraging year-round and collecting tips for sustainable harvesting. It is applicable to New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, Ontario, and Quebec.

Filed under: food, food plants, foraging, Northeast, fruits, herbs, regional, seeds, vegetables

Format: Paperback
Pages: 316 pp.
Book dimensions: 6½ x 9 in. (230 x 165 mm.)
Images: 159 color photos
ISBN-10: 1604694173
ISBN-13: 9781604694178
Product code: 689417

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"Although I have over 200 books on foraging in my collection, I would rate this as one of the very best."

—Wildness Magazine

About the author

Leda Meredith

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 two previous books, Leda writes a foraging column for the James Beard Award-nominated group blog, NonaBrooklyn. She is the guide to food preservation for About.com.