But which plants should be eaten, and when? “Green Deane” Jordan teaches foraging classes and runs a popular foraging website. Now he’s sharing his expertise with others. His book Eat the Weeds presents 274 wild edibles and helps readers find, identify, and harvest them to be enjoyed in their...
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Douglas Kent, award-winning author of Foraging Southern California: 118 Nutritious, Tasty, and Abundant Foods, tells us how he got into foraging. Foraging is fantastic fun, but it is not for everyone, that’s for sure. It has taken me decades to embrace wild foods as deeply as...
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Adventure Publications is proud to announce that Foraging Southern California: 118 Nutritious, Tasty, and Abundant Foods, by Douglas Kent, has won the Nature Guidebook Category 2020 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA). We are thrilled to share with you NOBA’s review herewith: “Foraging Southern California is a terrific little guidebook...
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There are several oyster mushroom species, but they all look the same and all are edible. One of the identifying characteristics of oyster mushrooms is the lack of stems or stalks. Some may have a short or stubby stalk, but most are stalkless. The common and...
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Mushrooms are beautiful, bountiful, and delicious. But foraging for them often makes people nervous―and for good reason! Start Mushrooming takes away the worry by introducing seven of the most unmistakable, edible mushrooms in North America. Stan Tekiela’s book Start Mushrooming focuses on seven edible mushrooms that are...
Read MoreAs the name King Bolete suggests, Boletus edulis is one of the most sought-after wild mushrooms. This is the mushroom that Europeans call the Porcini or Cep—and many experts believe that the true European Boletus edulis is not found in North America. Instead, there are...
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