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The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts: How to Find, Identify, and Cook Them (Complete)
Katie Letcher Lyle Manufacturer: The Lyons Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1592282881 |
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Completely incomplete.......2005-01-16
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North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi (Falconguide)
Orson K. Miller , and Hope Miller Manufacturer: Falcon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0762731095 |
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Not Practical for the Common Hiker.......2007-01-07
Practical field guide and interesting read.......2006-08-26
Understand what you are buying.......2006-08-23
Over six hundred color photos and line drawings offer important identification keys .......2006-07-18
New Mushroom Guide.......2006-07-03
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Shiitake Growers Handbook: The Art and Science of Mushroom Cultivation
Paul Przybylowicz , and John Donoghue Manufacturer: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0840349629 |
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I NEED INFORMATION (ESPAÃýOL)IF ITS POSSIBLE.......2003-11-21
an very intersting book for me.......2002-12-22
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It's not arrived until now.......2002-02-13
We ordered this handbook 7 January 2002 already and we weren't recieve it until now.
Please, inform me where could it be or let me know about that you'd need something to get it.
It would be so urgent and necessary...
Contact me by e-mail or on my cell phone. (Number is: +36-209-391306)
Thanks a help before!
Best regards,
Szilvia Almasi
Shiitake cultivation : not for everybody.......1999-12-13
Its subtitle, "The Art and Science of Mushroom Growing" is misleading. Far more accurate would be "The Science and Practice of Commercial Shiitake Production". Except for a phylogenetic references, it has nothing to say about mushrooms other than shiitake. I had set out to learn enough about mushrooms in general and shiitake in particular to grow a few for friends and family. Unfortunately, the shiitake is native to Southeast Asia and likes a steadily warm humid environment. Based on what I gathered from this book, neither amateur nor commercial shiitake production is practical where I live, so I'm still looking for a good book on small-scale mushroom cultivation in a temperate climate
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Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide
David W. Fischer , and Alan E. Bessette Manufacturer: University of Texas Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0292720807 |
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"Some new mushroomers will find this single volume all the library they need to harvest and enjoy wild mushrooms for the table."
Mushroom the Journal
"The publication is of excellent quality and print, well edited, authoritative, and provides an excellent introduction to edible and poisonous wild mushrooms."
Mycologia
Unusual shapes and colors make many mushrooms alluring to the eye, while the exotic flavors and textures of edible mushrooms are a gourmet delicacy for the palate. Yet many people never venture beyond the supermarket offerings, fearing that all other mushrooms are poisonous.
With amateur mushroom hunters especially in mind, David Fischer and Alan Bessette have prepared Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America. This field guide presents more than 100 species of the most delicious mushrooms, along with detailed information on how to find, gather, store, and prepare them for the table. More than 70 savory recipes, ranging from soups and salads to casseroles, canapes, quiches, and even a dessert, are included.
Throughout, the authors constantly emphasize the need for correct identification of species for safe eating. Each species is described in detailed, nontechnical language, accompanied by a list of key identifying characteristics that reliably rule out all but the target species. Superb color photographs also aid in identification. Poisonous "lookalikes" are described and illustrated, and the authors also assess the risks of allergic or idiosyncratic reactions to edible species and the possibilities of chemical or bacterial contamination.
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMGood.......2006-07-25
Excellent Book For Novice Edible Mushroom Hunter.......2005-03-25
Limited scope, horrible recipes........2004-01-07
more confused than before.......2003-08-19
Great for Beginners.......2002-11-15
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The Curious Morel: Mushroom Hunters' Recipes, Lore & Advice (Nature & Cooking)
Larry Lonik Manufacturer: RKT Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0931715008 |
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In this first and most popular book on morels, Larry Lonik shares his 45 years of experience and research picking, growing, and cooking morel mushrooms-the easiest to identify, safest to pick and eat, and most sought-after of all wild mushrooms. Filled with distinctive wit and wisdom, plus delicious recipes from campfire to gourmet kitchen. A new edition of the complete "how-to," "when-to," and "where-to" classic. See why 10 million North Americans have "morel fever." This book is part of Lonik's Nature and Cooking Series.
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Mushrooms: Cultivation, Nutritional Value, Medicinal Effect and Environmental Impact
Shu-Ting Chang Manufacturer: CRC Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0849310431 |
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This new edition presents the latest cultivation and biotechnological advances that have contributed to the modernization of mushroom farming and the mushroom industry. It supplies each step in the complex mushroom cultivation process, exploring not only the "how" but also the "why". Professionals/scientists in related fields will obtain a much greater knowledge of the nutritional and medicinal benefits that mushrooms have to offer. This interdisciplinary approach will appeal to readers in a wide range of fields with its complete coverage of breeding, efficient cultivation practices, nutritional value, and medicinal/pharmaceutical utility. " [This book] forms a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for all interested in edible and medicinal mushrooms and their cultivation." - Peroonia, 2004 "...the personal practical experience, depth of knowledge, and enthusiasm of the authors shine in these chapters, which are to me the heart of the book..." - Mycological Research "If you are a mushroom enthusiast, you must have this complex book..." - Journal of Natural Products "To my knowledge, no past or current book comes closes to covering all the subjects considered in this book... - Solomon P. Wasser, in International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, Vol. 6 "The authors provide the readers with complete information about mushroom species cultivated commercially, world production of mushrooms, and use of various agricultural and industrial wastes as substrates Each valuable species of mushrooms is described in a thoroughly detailed manner. Several pages are devoted to each species with particular focus on the following subjects: Introduction, biological characteristics, requirements for mycelial growth, requirements for fruiting body foundation, cultivation methods, harvesting and processing, special cultivation practice, fruiting and liquid media (for same species), drying and storage, nutritional contents and medicinal properties (for same species), biological and compounds (for same species) These chapters are very important. They contain complete information about modern cultivation and use of the most important culinary-medicinal mushrooms of the world. A very important conclusion for future readers can be found in the summary dedicated to species with regional appeal The book is richly illustrated with more than 100 original photographs and figures. The book contains about 800 terms in the glossary, which is very useful, especially for amateurs and beginning scientists The key difference between the new and the old version is that this latest edition has been expanded by more than 60%. Instead of eight chapters in the first edition, the new book contains 22 chapters This is a well-written and thorough book . I would strongly recommend this new edition of mushrooms without hesitation to industrial and medicinal mycologists, mushroom growers, botanists, plant pathologists, and professionals and scientists in related fields . I will use this book extensively, both in teaching mycology to university students and in experimental work in my laboratory. The value of this book cannot be overestimated. The potentially extensive use of this book can be recognized in universities, classrooms, laboratories, etc. This book is useful for beginning students through PhD studies and beyond. This book is a real encyclopedia of mushroom biology including cultivation, nutritional value, medicinal value, and environmental impact." - Solomon P. Wasser, in International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, Volume 6
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Morel Tales: THE CULTURE OF MUSHROOMING
Gary Alan Fine Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 025207131X |
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"How nature is interpreted is not 'natural,'" argues sociologist and author Gary Fine. "Nature is a cultural creation...." Interested in how humans make meaning out of nature through culturally grounded images and interpretations, Fine has coined a new phrase for his study--"naturework." But if it's all so much mind play, what is the point of this deconstructionist preening? In his introduction, Fine parades lengthily phrased, teasingly conceptual theories, positing them against the range of contemporary environmentalist thinking.His three-year study of mushrooms and the people who love them (the Minnesota Mycological Society) utilizes his own field observation, interviews, surveys, and document analysis. He covers such topics as the history of mushroom collection and the mythology they have inspired ("The fact that mushrooms can literally appear overnight makes them seem a gift from the divine"). Indeed, the writing becomes engaging when Fine risks relinquishing his academic pose and offers simple statements tied to experience. His account of a foray on a crisp day in autumn is quite wonderful--the extrapolations are more grounded; the speculations more attuned to a layperson's curiosity. Reports and stories of the mushroom collectors themselves illustrate our human moral-and-meaning-making apparatus.
"Mushroomers place faith in the judgments and advice of peers," Fine notes, "and under some circumstances, risk their lives, without little worry. Much trust and confidence in the competence of others characterize the mushrooming community. Yet this community also depends on competition in finding mushrooms, and this leads to secrecy. How is secrecy compatible with the equally visible trust?" Fine's book is, above all else, an astonishing tenacity of focus. --Hollis Giammatteo
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Drawing on the observations of three years spent in the company of dedicated amateur mushroomers and professional mycologists, Gary Alan Fine explores the ways in which Americans attempt to give meaning to the natural world, while providing an eye-opening look inside the cultures they construct around its study and appreciation.A landmark work of environmental sociology, Morel Tales is an engaging and instructive examination of a thriving community, one with its own language, ceremonies, jokes, narratives, rivalries, and social codes. Fine also provides a detailed discussion of the American phenomenon he calls "naturework"--that is, culturally constructing one's own place in the natural environment through communities with shared systems of assigned meaning.
"Naturework," Fine observes, is something we all do on some level--not only birders, butterfly collectors, rock hounds, hunters, hikers, campers, and outdoor enthusiasts, but all of us who construct community through narrative and nature through culture.
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Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World
Ian R. Hall , Steven L. Stephenson , Peter K. Buchanan , Wang Yun , and Anthony L. J. Cole Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881925861 |
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Mushrooms are among the most intriguing and striking inhabitants of the natural world, as highly regarded for their distinctive flavors and uses in cooking and medicine as for their sometimes strange, often beautiful shapes and forms. Some are medicinal, others poisonous or even lethal. Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World is a well-rounded look at mushrooms, including their cultivation, ethnobotanical uses, and the fascinating roles they play in nature. The authors provide expert advice on how to identify and distinguish between edible and poisonous wild mushrooms and how to record important details, with suggestions for taking photographs and preparing spore prints. More than 250 stunning photographs accompany the text. Truly international in its coverage, this engaging introduction to the world of mushrooms will appeal to naturalists, students, photographers, chefs, hikers, and potential growers from around the world.Customer Reviews:
Pretty good.......2007-03-25
A Great Guide for the Mushroom Lover.......2004-12-09
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Mushrooms, Wild and Edible: A Seasonal Guide to the Most Easily Recognized Mushrooms
Vincent J. Marteka Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0393013561 |
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Wonderful Book.......2004-11-09
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The Mushroom Feast: A Celebration of All Edible Fungi With Over 250 Receipes
Jane Grigson Manufacturer: The Lyons Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1558211942 |
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With more than 250 recipes, Jane Grigson describes the preparation of the best fresh and preserved mushrooms (think lowfat). Besides the traditional use of mushrooms to enhance meat and vegetable dishes, edible fungi may be cooked in vine leaves, made into pâté, powdered, puréed into mushroom ketchup, baked into a flan (an Alice B. Toklas specialty), baked as a cake with cream sauce, and used in many other dishes that are too intriguing to resist. Grigson also explains the differences between good and poisonous mushrooms, relates some folk stories behind the recipes, and gives a history of mushroom cultivation that doesn't leave you in the dark about friendly fungi.Book Description
Truffles…shiitakes…morels – mushrooms conjure visions of one of the most intriguing and subtle of all comestibles. The average cook can be mystified by how best to prepare these gastronomic treats, while epicures hunger for new ways to expand their repertoires. Jane Grigson presents more than 250 mushroom recipes – from simple to highly sophisticated – for soups, sauces, stuffings, main courses, and more that will satisfy the curiosity and appetites of mushroom dabblers and diehards alike. Included are helpful tips for selecting and preserving the best edible mushrooms (both wild and cultivated), the folklore behind the recipes, a brief history of mushroom cultivation, guides to distinguish edible from poisonous fungi for those who venture to pick their own, and charming line drawings of the twenty-one most common species. While poet W. H. Auden immortalized “dear Jane Grigson” in The Entertainment of the Senses, Grigson, an artiest in her trade, is best known for her own wonderful books on food. The Mushroom Feast is an indispensable classic for all those who love mushrooms as much as this rare find: a fine, timeless, literary cookbook. (6 X 9, 352 pages, illustrations)Customer Reviews:
A fine introduction to "la cuisine de champignons sauvages".......2004-02-10
The recipes in "The Mushroom Feast" bear the unmistakable stamp of pre-nouvelle French haute-cuisine (though the book also has a whole chapter of Asian-inspired recipes as well). This has its good and bad sides - good in the sense that the mushrooms are used in in the context of tasty "gourmet" European cooking that I find does justice to the intense flavor of wild mushrooms, but not so good in the sense that it often calls for sauces that are richer in butter, cream, and roux than they need to be. However, with a basic knowledge of sauce-making technique, one can easily turn these into simple reduction sauces that don't overpower the rest of the ingredients.
Some of the editorial reviews mention that this book is a useful guide to distinguish edible and poisonous mushrooms. This book is not, in fact, useful as a field guide and inexperienced persons who go out and gather mushrooms for the table using this book as their only guide do so at their peril! If you are going to be cooking with the mushrooms in this book, one first needs to get some experience in identification of wild mushrooms, or stick with the wild mushrooms you can buy from your local gourmet grocery or farmers' market.
All in all, this is a book that belongs on the shelf of anybody who likes to cook with wild mushrooms.
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