Wild Seasons: Gathering and Cooking Wild Plants of the Great Plains

by Kay Young

Overview

For nature lovers as well as cooks, there's plenty to whet the appetite in this unique field guide-cum-cookbook. Starting with the first plants ready for eating in the early spring and following the sequence of harvest through the late fall, Kay Young offers full, easy-to-follow directions for identifying, gathering, and preparing some four dozen edible wild plants of the Great Plains.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803299047
Publisher:	Nebraska
Publication date:	08/01/1993
Pages:	318
Sales rank:	530,786
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Trained in botany and folklore, Kay Young is a naturalist for the Chet Ager Nature Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mark E. Marcuson, who also lives in Lincoln, formerly worked as an illustrator for the Nebraska State Museum and is now a freelance artist.

Editorial Reviews

"Kay Young knows more than anyone else I know about wild plants and their uses. . . . If you are interested in wild plants, the Plains, and good eating, you will want a copy of Wild Seasons in your library.”—Roger Welsch, Roger, Over and Out

Roger Welsch