Herbs or Clams

Herbs: Partners in Life: Healing, Gardening, and Cooking with Wild Plants

Author: Adele G Dawson

Adele Dawson's classic guide to the seasonal use of herbs for food, drink, and medicine.

• Clear directions for growing and using many wild and cultivated herbs.

• Detailed pen-and-ink drawings help readers identify 70 herbs.

With irresistible enthusiasm and an endless store of knowledge about the plant kingdom, herbalist Adele Dawson traces the human-plant relationship through the seasons, providing practical and enlightening information about every aspect of herbalism, including spring foraging, summer gourmet gardening, the preparation of remedies in autumn, and the brewing of healing potions in winter. The mysteries of preparing infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and essences are unraveled through the author's clear and cohesive chapters on how to identify, collect, and preserve herbs. Detailed pen-and-ink drawings show the essential elements of flower and leaf anatomy as well as 70 wild and cultivated plants in their budding, blossoming, and dormant stages. Sprinkled throughout the text are recipes for impromptu wild feasts such as milkweed buds tempura, directions for soothing hand lotions of marigold and milk, and an enormous variety of medicinal and culinary teas. In equal measure an herbal encyclopedia, a health-food cookbook, and a nature guide, this book deserves a place on the reference shelf of both the new and experienced herbalist.

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A book with substance written by a true herbalist.

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Clams: How to Find, Catch, and Cook Them

Author: Curtis J Badger

*Expert advice on how to bring home a bounty

*Types of clams described and which make the best eating

*Natural history details of help to any clammer
This practical, illustrated how-to book describes the best ways to clam, including where to find the creatures, what equipment to use, and how to collect and cook them-with dozens of tasty clam recipes included. The author, a veteran clammer along Virginia's clam-rich Eastern Shore, also examines the natural history of clams and answers frequently asked questions about them.
Curtis Badger has written numerous works about the Virginia coastal area, including Bellevue Farm (0-8117-0226-X), A Naturalist's Guide to the Virginia Coast (0-8117-2562-6), and The Barrier Islands (0-8117-0213-8). He lives on the South Branch of the Onancock Creek in Virginia.