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

This helpful guide book offers a veritable feast for foragers, with tools for safely identifying an abundance of delicious wild plants. 

The plant profiles in Northeast Foraging include:

• Clear, color photographs
• Identification tips
• Guidance on how to ethically harvest
• Suggestions for eating and preserving

A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Rhode Island.

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 four other books, Meredith writes for Mother Earth News and leads tours internationally for organizations including Slow Food, Green Edge, Cornell University, and Purchase University.

Review Quotes:

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

" Northeast Foraging is detailed, accessible, and useful to new and experienced foragers alike." -- NYBG's Plant Talk

"Leda Meredith's personable field guide is as close as you can come to having the author take you by the hand." --Gary Lincoff, author of The Joy of Foraging and instructor at The New York Botanical Garden

"An invaluable guide for the feast in the East." --Hank Shaw, author of the James Beard Award-winning website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

"A wonderful, thorough guide for both beginners and seasoned foragers." --Tom Kearney, chef at The Farm on Adderley

"It's the most comprehensive." --Sean Patrick Morrison. chef at Plate