Samuel Thayer's "Incredible Wild Edibles, 5th Edition": A Comprehensive Guide to Foraging and Preparing Wild Foods

James V. Bailey II: Very informative.

United States on Oct 15, 2023

Victoria: Each of the Samuel Thayer books feature different edibles, have great pictures, and are easy to use. Great books to have!

United States on Oct 04, 2023

Kindle Customer: There are 36 plants listed in this book. I was hoping for a longer list with just where to find, what is looks like, how to prepare and what to avoid.
I little too much unnecessary information about how the author feels about a certain plant.

United States on Sep 21, 2023

SR52: Informative and fun to read. It doesn’t have as many species of edible wild plants as I’d hoped, but it’s a great addition to even a small foraging book collection.

United States on Jun 29, 2023

Magdalene Carson: Frankly a bit disappointed, especially the photos, you definitely need another book for identification
- not many edible plants covered, had hoped for more

Canada on Jun 05, 2023

Tasha: The book was descriptive, easy to understand, and had coloured pictures. Out of all the foraging books I have, Samuel’s books are some of the best. Would recommend 100%.

Canada on Sep 18, 2021

Jay Jemmett: Extremely excellent

Canada on Oct 21, 2020

Claudio: Un'ottima guida per la raccolta e il consumo di erbe selvatiche, anche se orientata sul territorio Usa; apprezzabile soprattutto per la qualità delle informazioni, la maggior parte delle quali utili anche nella vecchia Europa, e per la puntigliosità dell'apparato fotografico.
Non una guida asettica, dunque, ma un bel racconto condivisibile.

Italy on Feb 14, 2020

dolly: In my opinion, Samual is the primary modern author of edible wild foods for folks who actually want to use and process wild foods with success. His books are where everyone should start and his books have greatly expanded my love of wild foods. More importantly, his books have given me the knowledge to actually use wild foods in a substantial way in my diet. No other modern book does this with each plant to the extent he does. His style, following Gibbons lead, of laying out each plant with personal use, story, and harvesting/processing technique, allows the reader to actually use the information presented. I really appreciate that.

The book is set up essentially the same as all his other books, which is perfect. I live in Maine, and I have been using his other two books for years and years now. More recently, I looked past this book at stores, because I didn't recognize the book as Sams! I thought it was a cheesy armchair foraging book because of the title (sorry Sam!). That my own bias, but damn... the power of branding. Glad I figured it out and purchased!

Only thing to note:
Call me a snowflake, but as a queer dude, I didn't appreciate making fun of a dude...

United States on Jul 05, 2019