Stalking The Wild Asparagus [SPECIAL EDITION]

Editorial Reviews
From Scientific American
STALKING THE WILD ASPARAGUS was a bible of the environmental movement--as well as a primer for anyone interested in healthy, inexpensive eating.

Review
The author is a first-rate cook, or what would be called in the South a "born" cook. He creates and improvises with authority and imagination and the results are enormously inventive. -- The New York Times, June 28, 1962

Review
"“delightful and as valid today as they were more than two decades ago.”
Nelson Bryant,The New York Times (1989) "

"“He (Euell Gibbons) was a man who knew the wild in a way that no one else in this time has even marginally approached.”
John McPhee,The New York Times (1976) "

Product Description
Euell Gibbons was one of the few people in this country to devote a considerable part of his life to the adventure of “living off the land.” He sought out wild plants all over North America and made them into delicious dishes. His book includes recipes for vegetable and casserole dishes, breads, cakes, muffins and twenty different pies. He also shows how to make numerous jellies, jams, teas, and wines, and how to sweeten them with wild honey or homemade maple syrup.

From the Publisher
Euell Gibbons was one of the few people in this country to devote a considerable part of his life to the adventure of "living off the land." His greatest pleasure was seeking out wild plants, which he made into delicious dishes. The plants he gathers and prepares in this book are widely available everywhere in North America. There are recipes for delicious vegetable and casserole dishes, breads, cakes, and twenty different pies. He also shows how to make numerous jellies, jams, teas, and wines, and how to sweeten them with wild honey or homemade maple syrup.