The first in a series on edible wild plants of Canada, this book describes over forty common weeds, indicates where they can be found, and explains how to prepare them by means of simple and original recipes.
Winner of an international award for design excellence, Edible Garden Weeds of Canada has been so well received that it is now in its third printing.
Published in trust for the National Museum of Natural Sciences
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
What is a Weed?
Watch Your Identifications!
Weeds as Food
How to Gather and Prepare Edible Weeds
Format
Sources of Information
Edible Garden Weeds
Couch grass
Barnyard grass
Green amaranth
Milkweeds
Common burdock
Chicory
Ox-eye daisy and English daisy
Thistles
Jerusalem artichoke
Wild lettuce
Nipplewort
Sow-thistle
Common dandelion
Salsify and goat's-beard
Comfrey
Wild mustards
Shepherd's purse
Common peppergrass
Watercress
Common hedge mustard
Pennycress
Chickweed
Orache
Lamb's quarter
Red clover and white clover
Stork's-bill
Spearmint
Common mallow
Common evening-primrose
Yellow wood-sorrels
Common plantain
Tartary buckwheat
Giant knotweeds
Sheep sorrel
Dock
Miner's-lettuce
Purslane
Common bedstraw
Stinging nettle
Appendix: Some Weeds You Should Avoid
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Nancy Turner's specialty is ethnobotany - the uses of plants by man - and she has done extensive research into the Indians' use of plants for foods, materials and medicines.
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