The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival Contributor(s): Blair, Katrina (Author), Katz, Sandor Ellix (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1603585168 ISBN-13: 9781603585163 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - General - Cooking | Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods - Health & Fitness | Herbal Medications |
Dewey: 582.13 |
LCCN: 2014023785 |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.59" W x 10.38" (2.07 lbs) 384 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Wild Wisdom of Weeds is the only book on foraging and edible weeds to focus on the thirteen weeds found all over the world, each of which represents a complete food source and extensive medical pharmacy and first-aid kit. More than just a field guide to wild edibles, it is a global plan for human survival. |
Contributor Bio(s): Katz, Sandor Ellix: - Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist. A self-taught experimentalist who lives in rural Tennessee, his explorations in fermentation developed out of overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition, and gardening. This book, originally published in 2003, along with his The Art of Fermentation (2012) and the hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world, have helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts. Newsweek called Wild Fermentation "the fermenting Bible," and The New York Times calls Sandor "one of the unlikely rock stars of the American food scene." For more information, check out his website www.wildfermentation.com. Blair, Katrina: -Katrina Blair began studying wild plants in her teens, when she camped out alone for a summer with the intention of eating primarily wild foods. She later wrote "The Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants of the San Juan Mountains" for her senior project at Colorado College, where she graduated with a biology degree. In 1997, she completed an MA from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, CA, in holistic health education. She founded Turtle Lake Refuge in 1998, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate the connections between personal health and wild lands. She has taught sustainable living practices through John F. Kennedy University, San Juan College in Farmington, NM, and Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. She teaches internationally at retreats, festivals, and educational and healing events. She is also the author of a self-published cookbook, Local Wild Life: Turtle Lake Refuge's Recipes for Living Deep (2009). |