Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Oh my I just saw the interview you did with Al Roker 2 nights ago...I loved it...and didn't realize how much is out there that we do not use as resources!!! Glad your here !! Licienne (NJ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Hi Everyone, I recently joined the group and wanted to introduce myself. I teach foraging in the NY area, working with the public, schools, day camps, and other organizations. I'm best-known for having been arrested and handcuffed by undercover park rangers for eating a dandelion in Central Park. See my <http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com>website for details about my work and background. Here's some info on my books and videos. If you purchase the books, please get signed copies from me or the book seller gets nearly all your money. Thanks! Foraging With the " Wildman " with naturalist/author " Wildman " Steve Brill produced by Chris Allan A Video Series Dedicated to the Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants and Mushrooms of North America Part 1, Wild Edible Basics, is for sale now. This series lets you have fun while learning everything you need to know about foraging. Whether you're a serious forager, a dedicated foodie, or just want to enjoy an occasional nibble from your backyard, this entertaining, fact-filled video is for you. Part 1, Wild Edible Basics, covers the principles of identifying, harvesting, preserving, and using wild foods safely. It takes you from the field to the kitchen, shows you different ways to preserve food, touches on wild winemaking, and is guaranteed to make you laugh. This video provides in-depth coverage of black walnuts, black cherries, dandelions, wineberries, burdock, rose hips, and the chicken mushroom, all among the most common, widespread, easy-to-recognize, and most useful species--great for beginning and advanced foragers. As a bonus, it includes an excerpt from the upcoming video series The Wild Vegetarian Kitchen. Watch " Wildman " prepare kinpira gobo, a traditional Japanese delicacy made with wild burdock root. The video also covers poison ivy--how to recognize and avoid it--and jewelweed, which prevents the poison ivy rash. A special video extra provides a crash course on avoiding ticks and Lyme disease. You must be aware of this information before venturing forth into the woods. Some future installments will highlight individual foods. There will be videos devoted to wild vegetables, fruits and berries, roots, nuts and seeds, medicinal plants, and mushrooms. Others will be habitat based. We'll cover plants of lawns and grassy areas, thickets, disturbed soil and roadsides, forests, wetlands, and the seashore. There will also be season-based shows, covering the most important species of early spring, mid to late spring, summer, fall, and winter. Special introductory price--$18 including shipping/handling. The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook A Forager's Guide (in the Field or in the Supermarket) to Preparing and Savoring Wild (and Not So Wild) Natural Foods, with More than 500 Recipes by " Wildman " Steve Brill April 2002 publication date Cl. $30 1-55832-214-0 544 pages, Trim 8 " x 9 1/4 " 75 illustrations Healthful, organic foods grow wild everywhere in North America. In his first book, " Wildman " Steve Brill demonstrated how to forage safely for these edible wild plants. Now, in The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook, he breaks new ground by presenting 500 recipes for transforming these natural foods into delicious vegetarian meals. Foraging is a year-round activity, from winter's wild onions and scallions to spring's dandelion greens, fiddleheads, and ramps, from summer's wild blueberries and blackberries to fall's chestnuts and oyster mushrooms. And so, for ease of use, The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook is organized chronologically by season. Each plant has a brief introduction before the recipes, which are tremendously varied: Fiddleheads with Sesame Noodles, Wild Spearmint Pineapple Sorbet, Mulberry Muffins, Wild Berry Cobbler, Hazelnut Biscuits, Honey Mushroom Burgers, Black Walnut Pesto, and much more. There is also an extensive resource guide. Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not-So-Wild) Places $22 William Morrow Publishers, New York, 1994 ISBN 0-688-11425-3 This book shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks taste similar to corn and are rich in protein), and wild apricots (an infusion made with the leaves is good for stomachaches and digestive disorders). More than 260 detailed line drawings help readers identify a wide range of plants - many of which are suited for cooking by following the more than thirty recipes included in this book. There are literally hundreds of plants readily available underfoot waiting to be harvested and used whether as food or as a potential therapeutic. This book is both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us. " What Roger Tory Peterson did for birds, 'Wildman' Steve Brill has done for edible plants. In this tangy Baedeker of vegetables in the raw, Steve tosses a savory salad of edible wild plant recipes. Brill's anecdotal illustrated guide to the life and lore of the plant kingdom has all the piquancy of his popular foraging tours of New York City parkland. This mouthwatering compendium of flora deliciosa will bring fresh delight to any reader who has, or has not yet, enjoyed a walk in the park with the Wildman. " - Henry J. Stern Commissioner, City of New York Parks and Recreation " The " Wildman " has done it again. Steve Brill has written a book that inspires, delights, and provides wonderful food for thought for anyone interested in foraging. This book will be of interest to a great range of people, from parks commissioners and managers to herbalists and hikers. If taken to heart, it will provide the reader with an increased sensitivity to, and understanding of, the plant world and its potential to improve our quality of life. " - Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., ethnobotanist The New York Botanical Garden " A touch of 'wild,' a dash of brilliant, and a bunch of Brill, not to be taken with a grain of salt. " - Jim Duke Economic Botanist, USDA -- Happy Foraging! " Wildman " Steve Brill Naturalist-Author-Broadcaster-Artist 320 Palmer Terrace, 2A Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Phone: (914) 835-2153 Fax: (815) 366-2392 E-mail: wildmansteve Learn about edible/medicinal wild plants and mushrooms with New York's favorite naturalist. http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 In a message dated 7/15/2004 8:04:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, wildmansteve writes: > I'm best-known for having been arrested and > handcuffed by undercover park rangers for eating a dandelion in > Central Park. ROFLMAO! You have GOT to be kidding... aren't you? I suppose that by eating that one dandy-lion you were creating a risk of eliminating the poor helpless endangered, almost extinct plant... ROFLMAO! My mother thanks you and wishes more people would eat the Dandies... she's allergic to them. Welcome to the list. K Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Woobey Queen Our Candles are the Cat's Meow! http://www.fatcatcandleco.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Hiya Steve, great to have you aboard! Folks, I've known Steve for years and I HIGHLY recommend the book highlighted below! I'm sure the other offerings Steve posted are worth every penny too, but I haven't YET experienced them myself personally - but I look forward to doing so very soon. My b-day is coming up in September, and I see some new books on my horizon *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com " Wildman " Steve Brill [wildmansteve] Hi Everyone, I recently joined the group and wanted to introduce myself. I teach foraging in the NY area, working with the public, schools, day camps, and other organizations. I'm best-known for having been arrested and handcuffed by undercover park rangers for eating a dandelion in Central Park. See my <http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com>website for details about my work and background. Here's some info on my books and videos. If you purchase the books, please get signed copies from me or the book seller gets nearly all your money. Thanks! <snipped> Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not-So-Wild) Places $22 William Morrow Publishers, New York, 1994 ISBN 0-688-11425-3 This book shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks taste similar to corn and are rich in protein), and wild apricots (an infusion made with the leaves is good for stomachaches and digestive disorders). More than 260 detailed line drawings help readers identify a wide range of plants - many of which are suited for cooking by following the more than thirty recipes included in this book. There are literally hundreds of plants readily available underfoot waiting to be harvested and used whether as food or as a potential therapeutic. This book is both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us. " What Roger Tory Peterson did for birds, 'Wildman' Steve Brill has done for edible plants. In this tangy Baedeker of vegetables in the raw, Steve tosses a savory salad of edible wild plant recipes. Brill's anecdotal illustrated guide to the life and lore of the plant kingdom has all the piquancy of his popular foraging tours of New York City parkland. This mouthwatering compendium of flora deliciosa will bring fresh delight to any reader who has, or has not yet, enjoyed a walk in the park with the Wildman. " - Henry J. Stern Commissioner, City of New York Parks and Recreation " The " Wildman " has done it again. Steve Brill has written a book that inspires, delights, and provides wonderful food for thought for anyone interested in foraging. This book will be of interest to a great range of people, from parks commissioners and managers to herbalists and hikers. If taken to heart, it will provide the reader with an increased sensitivity to, and understanding of, the plant world and its potential to improve our quality of life. " - Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., ethnobotanist The New York Botanical Garden " A touch of 'wild,' a dash of brilliant, and a bunch of Brill, not to be taken with a grain of salt. " - Jim Duke Economic Botanist, USDA " Wildman " Steve Brill Naturalist-Author-Broadcaster-Artist 320 Palmer Terrace, 2A Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Phone: (914) 835-2153 Fax: (815) 366-2392 E-mail: wildmansteve http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 This one came to me on accident so I'm passing it along :-D *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com " Wildman " Steve Brill [wildmansteve] Hi Kathleen, NYC Parks Commissioner Henry Stern had set his sites on getting me years before, but every time anyone in my group would spot a park ranger approaching, I'd signal everyone in my foraging groups with 3 blasts from my whistle to close their bags and swallow whatever was in your mouth. So he hatched the undercover plot, jailed me for 3 hours, and made me famous (see the newspaper, radio, and TV clips on my site http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com WoobeyQueen [WoobeyQueen] In a message dated 7/15/2004 8:04:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, wildmansteve writes: > I'm best-known for having been arrested and > handcuffed by undercover park rangers for eating a dandelion in > Central Park. ROFLMAO! You have GOT to be kidding... aren't you? I suppose that by eating that one dandy-lion you were creating a risk of eliminating the poor helpless endangered, almost extinct plant... ROFLMAO! My mother thanks you and wishes more people would eat the Dandies... she's allergic to them. Welcome to the list. K Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Woobey Queen Our Candles are the Cat's Meow! http://www.fatcatcandleco.com -- Happy Foraging! " Wildman " Steve Brill Naturalist-Author-Broadcaster-Artist 320 Palmer Terrace, 2A Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Phone: (914) 835-2153 Fax: (815) 366-2392 E-mail: wildmansteve Learn about edible/medicinal wild plants and mushrooms with New York's favorite naturalist. http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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