Steve Brill has written a masterpiece here. I love his descriptions of plants, his enthusiasm he brings to the subject, and his knowledge base. Much of the information you find in these pages you can also find in his app on wild edibles (available on both android and i phone), and the app is also well worth the money.
The Pros of the Book: Good descriptions. Very informative and useful information to the: forager, survivalist, and for those who wish to expand their diets and improve their health. Steve is the real deal. Not some guy who parrots (you know the people who read about the plant somewhere and parrot another author without having any experience themselves) other people. Steve speaks from experience and research. This is the kind of person you want to learn from, because there are a lot of wild food books that are inaccurate. Steve is very careful and accurate in what he tells you.
The Cons: Steve designed the book by season. I can't get used to it, and don't really like that format. My preference. Steve also uses line drawings (which are good) but I find color photos are far superior. Both Samuel Thayer and John Kallas have fantastic color photos in their books, and I find both Thayers and Kallas books to be superior to the beginning and intermediate forager for that reason. Mr. Brill's app that he has for android and i phone has really good color photographs. If you have any form of smart phone I would highly suggest supplementing this book with that app. I know there are some out there that prefer line drawings to photos. I'm not one of them.
Conclusion: This book is worthy of 5 stars. There are a few books out there on foraging that I like better, but not many. If your going to have a wild food library this book should be on your must own list. I would put it right behind books by John Kallas, and Samuel Thayer. It is hard for me to put it above Euell Gibbons but to the beginning forager this book is probably a better place to start than Gibbons. For that reason my personal first purchases would be by authors: John Kallas, Samuel Thayer, Steve Brill, and then Euell Gibbons. In that order.
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