Acorn Foraging: Everything You Need to Know to Harvest One of Autumn’s Best Wild Edible Foods, with Recipes, Photographs and Step-By-Step Instructions

I can't wait to go acorn foraging and give these recipes a try. I'm particularly interested in trying Racahout - a hot drink made from acorns, as I don't react well to caffeine and don't like most teas. I think this recipe will fit the need I have for a thicker drink.As a homeschooler, I couldn't but think about how this book could form the basis of a really good cross-curriculum unit study:- history of acorns as food- which cultures use/d acorns as food and how did they go about harvesting etc..- which recipes are region specific and why- oak identification- and then of course the hands-on part of foraging, shelling, leeching out the tannins, roasting, grinding and finally cooking some of the amazing-looking recipes.Best of all, this is a unit study that would work across many ages by adjusting the requirements for each age group.

I have been curious about eating acorns since learning in school as a child that Native Americans used them as a food source before European settlers arrived in the US. Mrs. Bayer's book has all the information that I need to make good use of the huge bounty of acorns that drop from the oak trees in my yard every year. She is thorough in her explanations and gives suggestions for turning the multiple step procedures into fun family activities. Adding this nutritious, free protein source to our diet will help stretch our family grocery budget. I am glad that I purchased this book and will be consulting it repeatedly until I learn the processes by heart. I highly recommend it.

I bought this book hoping for something that rigorously explores the history and nutrition associated with eating acorns, after all that how it was advertised. Instead the first part of the book was shy on details and very general, and the diagrams it offered were so pixelated that they were nearly impossible to read. Some of the recipes were interesting, but I would never buy a book solely for those as you can find them all over the web. I regret spending the money on this book.

Upon hearing that we could eat acorns I had to get this book. A good read ... and held my interest, but have yet to put any acorns on the dinner table ... it is now on my "to do" list.

I included three pics of my adventure, I still haven't settled on a recipe to complete the process, and this book is chock full of recipes! There is everything from acorn ice cream and mousse, to savory meatballs and tamales, to baguettes and crepes - this book is full of stories, methods, and recipes. I just needed a confidence boost, and the book did it!

Very nicely formatted and detailed. This is a very thorough treatment. I would have liked to see more about aboriginal acorn harvesting, gathering, transportation, storage, processing, and preparation, as acorns were used as a food worldwide by hunter-gatherers for millennia.

The book has thorough explanations of how to collect, process and store acorns and acorn meal/flour. There are also some good basic recipes. Very good resource for foragers to take advantage of resources nearby.

Seems well researched and interesting to me. I hope she continues to write on other subjects as well. I'm a fan, now.

Knowledge is impressive, very nice to hv a dedicated book where the author really tries to promote many different options, practical directions for health and safety and many recipes. Clear easy to follow recipes and preparation of raw materials

A great book! Will be trying out the recipes. It is American but I did check that our oaks were ok to use in them and they are.