Stalking the Wild Asparagus

Euell Gibbons was one of the few people in this country to devote a considerable part of his life to the adventure of "living off the land." He sought out wild plants all over North America and made them into delicious dishes. His book includes recipes for vegetable and casserole dishes, breads, cakes, muffins and twenty different pies. He also shows how to make numerous jellies, jams, teas, and wines, and how to sweeten them with wild honey or homemade maple syrup. Nika Hazelton First of all, anybody even remotely interested in nature (and why else should anybody take an uncomfortable summer cottage when they have a perfectly good home) should have Stalking the Wild Asparagus and Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop by Euell Gibbons. These books tell you how to forage for food and pleasure in the woods and on the sea coasts, with hundreds of recipes for making good things of what grows for free, and an enormous amount of most readable information as well. They are well on the way to becoming classics, and most deservedly so.— New York Times Book Review A delightful book on the recognition, gathering, preparation and use of the natural health foods that grow wild all around us. The lore contained here can turn every field, forest, swamp, and vacant lot and roadside into a health-food market with free merchandise An imaginative approach to cooking, offering numerous recipes for main dishes and acompaniments made from wild berries, roots, nuts, and leaves. An imaginative approach to cooking, offering numerous recipes for main dishes and accompaniments made from wild berries, roots, nuts, and leaves