I would only recommend this book to folks who already have some solid experience identifying/eating wild plants. Beginners may need to start with something else, as clearly indicated several places on the outside of the book.

This author is marvelously honest and has a wealth of actual experience. She writes crucially that, yes, specific plant foods ARE edible but are too labor-intensive to be worth harvesting, or don't taste good except as survival food, or how to position your hands to swipe the most seeds at one time, or how to salvage your mistakes if you harvest mature leaves that are initially too fibrous to enjoy. Loads of practical reminders sprinkled throughout (i.e. if you harvest milkweed, only use a knife that you are okay with getting coated in latex! ahh thank you, Leda Meredith, for saving my best field knife).

She also spends time on plenty of wild edibles that other books leave out-- such as bark, sap, carob/honey locust pods. This book is so unique and I'm grateful to have found it!