Based on 25 years of research that combed every historical and anthropological record of Native American ways, this unprecedented culinary dictionary documents

Describing the medicinal uses of over 2,700 plants by 218 Native American tribes, the author organizes his extensive research into eighty-two categories--includ

Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically compet

Describes Chippewa techniques of gathering and preparing nearly two hundred wild plants of the Great Lakes area and provides information on their medicinal usag

This work represents a dramatic call to recognize, celebrate, and conserve the great diversity of foods that give North America the distinctive culinary identit