Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams and More
An enticing book that opens up a whole world of wild plants for brewing tasty teas and refreshing drinks, plus fruity preserves—and more.

In her trademark friendly and expert fashion, author and illustrator Hilary Stewart explains how to identify, harvest, dry and store the plant parts, then gives recipes for preparing sixty drinks and several jams. In addition, she adds practical and decorative ideas that use a number of these same plants.


Drink in the Wild is an attractive and handy guidebook. Full-page, finely worked line drawings of fifty wild plants, together with descriptions and habitats, ensure their identification. The plants are all native to the Pacific Northwest, and many of them grow right across Canada and the United States.

This book is the long-awaited reissue-now greatly enhanced by additional material and accompanying illustrations of Hilary Stewart's popular but long out of print Wild Teas, Coffees & Cordials: 60 Drinks of the Pacific Northwest.
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Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams and More
An enticing book that opens up a whole world of wild plants for brewing tasty teas and refreshing drinks, plus fruity preserves—and more.

In her trademark friendly and expert fashion, author and illustrator Hilary Stewart explains how to identify, harvest, dry and store the plant parts, then gives recipes for preparing sixty drinks and several jams. In addition, she adds practical and decorative ideas that use a number of these same plants.


Drink in the Wild is an attractive and handy guidebook. Full-page, finely worked line drawings of fifty wild plants, together with descriptions and habitats, ensure their identification. The plants are all native to the Pacific Northwest, and many of them grow right across Canada and the United States.

This book is the long-awaited reissue-now greatly enhanced by additional material and accompanying illustrations of Hilary Stewart's popular but long out of print Wild Teas, Coffees & Cordials: 60 Drinks of the Pacific Northwest.
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Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams and More

Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams and More

by Hilary Stewart
Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams and More

Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams and More

by Hilary Stewart

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Overview

An enticing book that opens up a whole world of wild plants for brewing tasty teas and refreshing drinks, plus fruity preserves—and more.

In her trademark friendly and expert fashion, author and illustrator Hilary Stewart explains how to identify, harvest, dry and store the plant parts, then gives recipes for preparing sixty drinks and several jams. In addition, she adds practical and decorative ideas that use a number of these same plants.


Drink in the Wild is an attractive and handy guidebook. Full-page, finely worked line drawings of fifty wild plants, together with descriptions and habitats, ensure their identification. The plants are all native to the Pacific Northwest, and many of them grow right across Canada and the United States.

This book is the long-awaited reissue-now greatly enhanced by additional material and accompanying illustrations of Hilary Stewart's popular but long out of print Wild Teas, Coffees & Cordials: 60 Drinks of the Pacific Northwest.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781926685649
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Publication date: 07/01/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 136
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Hilary Stewart is an award-winning author best known for her books on Northwest Coast First Nations cultures. She has also been involved in teaching outdoor education and wilderness survival courses for many years, as well as studying the ethnobotany of the coast First Nations, and has an extensive practical experience in the use of plants. She lives on Quadra Island in British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Introduction9
Harvesting the Plants13
Making the Drinks16
Bedstraw - Galium aparine27
Bee Balm - Monarda menthaefolia29
Biscuitroot - Lomatium triternatum, L. nudicaule31
Blackberry - Rubus vitifolius33
Blackcap - Rubus leucodermis35
Blue Sailors - Cichorium intybus37
Scotch Broom - Cytisus scoparius39
Buffaloberry - Shepherdia argentea41
Chickweed - Stellaria media43
Clover - Trifolium45
Pacific Crab Apple - Malus fusca47
Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale49
Douglas-Fir - Pseudotsuga menziesii51
Fireweed - Epilobium angustifolium53
Wild Ginger - Asarum caudatum55
Goldenrod - Solidago canadensis57
Ground Ivy - Glecoma hederacea59
Gumweed - Grindelia squarrosa, G. oregana61
Western Hemlock - Tsuga heterophylla63
Huckleberry - Vaccinium parvifolium, V. membranaceum65
Juniper - Juniperus communis67
Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uvaursi69
Labrador Tea - Ledum groenlandicum71
Western Larch - Larix occidentalis73
Hairy Manzanita - Arctostaphylos columbiana75
Wild Mint - Mentha arvensis77
Mountain Ash - Sorbus scopulina79
Mountain Sorrel - Oxyria digyna81
Nettle - Urtica dioica83
Oregon Grape - Mahonia nervosa or Berberis nervosa85
Pine - Pinus contorta latifolia87
Pineapple Weed - Matricaria matricarioides89
Pipsissewa - Chimaphila umbellata91
Rose - Rosa nutkana93
Sagebrush - Artemisia tridentata95
Salal - Gaultheria shallon97
Salmonberry - Rubus spectabilis99
Wild Sarsaparilla - Aralia nudicaulis101
Self-Heal - Prunella vulgaris103
Sheep Sorrel - Rumex acetosella105
Snowbrush - Ceanothus velutinus107
Spruce - Picea sitchensis109
Stink Currant - Ribes bracteosum111
Wild Strawberry - Fragaria virginiana113
Sumac - Rhus glabra115
Sweet Gale - Myrica gale117
Thimbleberry - Rubus parviflorus119
Wild Violet - Viola adunca121
Yarrow - Achillea millefolium, A. lanulosa123
Yerba Buena - Satureja douglasii125
Making Jam and Jelly126
Jam and Jelly Recipes129
Select Bibliography133
The Plants and Their Uses134
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