Wild herbs & wild fruits for the kitchen/ blv

At our fair appearance 2010 in Hirschstetten this book was sold out quickly ! Especially the Viennese seem to have great interest in wild plants that you discover on abgelgenen walks. The curiosity is great, here you will find the instructions how to tame wild in your kitchen pot:

• Introduced: the most important wild plants in portrait.
• Characteristics and occurrence, history and customs, collection and use - with collection calendar.
• Delicious recipes are also represented ! Also for vegetarians: salads, soups, casseroles, pastries, jams, drinks and more.

In former times it was considered as occupation for "herb witches" or poor people, today the health-conscious epicures have discovered it long ago: collecting and preparing wild fruits and wild herbs is not only fun but also healthy !

They offer original flavor and, compared to gakauften herbs, often a significantly higher content of vitamins and minerals. How to find, collect and prepare wild plants tasty, describes the volume Wildfrüchte& Wildkräuter für die Küche by Dr. Gertrud Scherf. At the beginning of the book you will find information on the history and importance of herbal cooking as well as tips for collecting. A comprehensive species section, arranged according to the location of the plants, forms the focus of the guide. 65 native wild plants are presented in detail in pictures and text, so that you can easily distinguish particularly similar plants. The portraits inform primarily about characteristics, origin, biology, use of the plants and fruits and their importance for customs. A collection calendar shows at a glance at which time of year the plants are preferably harvested. How the nature fruits become genuine palate joys, one learns in the detailed prescription part of the book: The enormous variety at salads, jams, juices and main courses lets already water in the mouth run together when reading. Unique pleasure like collecting fun is guaranteed, because wild fruits& wild herbs for the kitchen makes a completely new entrance possible to the domestic environment.