Discover the healing power of wild plants as food and herbal medicine with these delicious plant-based recipes for health and wellbeing.
From the Wild is a herbal medicine cookbook offering a simple, resourceful, nature-based approach to healthy living. Qualified naturopath and medical herbalist Heidi Merika draws on her decades of experience to create delicious, nutritious, plant-based recipes and healing home remedies from 30 of the world's most common edible wild plants, from cat's ear to cobbler's pegs, dandelion to dock, and nasturtium to wild raspberry. Enjoy over 100 recipes including a spring salad full of wild edibles, nettle gnocchi verde and clover muffins, along with lantana itch balm, chickweed anti-inflammatory gel and St John's wort pain ointment. Including information on plant identification and foraging safely and sustainably, From the Wild is all you need to forage, cook and eat wild foods for abundant health.
About the Author
Heidi Merika is a qualified naturopath and medical herbalist with a passion for wild medicinal and nutritional plants. She has lectured in nutrition and herbal medicine at RMIT University, Endeavour College of Natural Health and the University of the Sunshine Coast. With more than two decades of industry experience, she has also been running courses and workshops on plant medicine, wildcrafting, herbal medicine and plant-based nutrition both in person and online since 2012. She was involved in the menopause program at Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital and is a regular guest speaker at conferences and gatherings. Her work combines her knowledge of natural health as it relates to nutrition, medicine, spiritual growth, environmentalism, creativity and the joy of living. Her first book, Wildcraft: The Science and Spirit of Wild Plants as Food and Medicine, was published in 2019. She lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Industry Reviews
'There's magic and wonder everywhere around you. In your garden, at the local park, in the forest. From the Wild helps you discover that wonder, weaving a web of connections, care, food and healing, right in front of your eyes.' - Diego Bonetto, author of Eat Weeds
'What a treat to be taken on a journey into the wild equipped with the extensive knowledge held within these pages. This book beautifully captures the enchanting world of foraged medicinal plants.' - Amy Chaplin, James Beard Award-winning author of Whole Food Cooking Every Day and At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen
'A wonderful companion, full of earthy herb-rich culinary delights and precious plant wisdoms to treasure.' - Erin Lovell Verinder, author of Plants for the People
