Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness

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Part One. What to Eat at the End of the World -- Wild Girl -- Coyote Medicine -- Cathlapotle -- Squirrel Wisdom -- Thanksgiving -- Part Two. Mountain Medicine on a One-Way Street -- Outlaws -- Erico of the Herbs -- Doggy Herbalism -- The Tree That Slays the Flu -- Part Three. The Revolution Tastes Like Blackberry -- Margot Berlin -- Dime-size God -- Roundup -- Slingshot -- The Way of the Raccoon -- Part Four. I Think I Love You -- Plant People -- Horsetail -- Nocturne -- Appendix A: Selected Wild Recipes -- Appendix B: Tips for Urban Foragers.;In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way. Humorous, philosophical, and informative, Dandelion Hunter has something for everyone, from the curious neophyte to the seasoned forager.