Ugly Little Greens: Gourmet Dishes Crafted From Foraged Ingredients

The book was in good condition as described. Great pictures with the recipes about greens you can forage (also in your backyard).

Mia is masterfully surfing the edge of the the culinary wave in returning to our roots (all puns intended). She beautifully invites and entices everyone from the the home chef to Michelin star culinary artist to a place beyond farm to table...we're talking forest to table and better yet (in some cases) yard to table. There is such an abundance of forgotten and/or untouched culinary gifts surrounding us every day and this book is an open invitation to take a full heartened plunge into this mysterious and enticing realm. Yes Mia! I receive this incredible book with deepest bows of appreciation for what you bring to the table and I am thrilled to share it with my culinary students as an example of the cutting edge of reconnecting with Gaia and the incredible gifts that surround us daily.James SantLead InstructorLiving light Culinary Institute

great information and recipes. have browsed a lot of books trying to find ones that show edible "weeds" i can find in my neighborhood and most importantly in my own yard. we've finally had a decent amount of rain here in los angeles this year and it was so cool to go in my backyard and pull greens and put them in my food instead of straight to the compost pile. and her recipes are really really really good too!one book to identify plants in my yard and recipes to use them in. couldn't bee happier. stays in the kitchen!

Mia Wasilevich is one of the nations premier chefs when it comes to wild and foraged foods. For a long time I've been waiting for her to write this book. It covers a wide breath of wild foods and how to properly use them in your kitchen. All the recipes are delicious and the photography is stunning. This is a must-have book if you are interested in foraging or need new ideas for the foods that you currently forage.

By far the best culinary herbal book on the market. Simply brilliant. Can't wait to head up to LA for another workshop. Forging and fine dining! I added a few new plants to the garden to make the recipes and figured out a few close substitutes in the meantime. Love the beautifully food photography too. Healing foods at its finest!

Ugly Little Greens is beautiful. Mia Wasilevich creates inspiring, and delicious ways of incorporating wild plants into everyday cooking as well as special meals. In this way it is a very practical cookbook for people who are new to foraging, and just learning about unfamiliar ingredients. The recipes are very accessible and well laid out, and the photographs are gorgeous and mouthwatering.

Terrific little book! Mia is an accomplished chef and a knowledgeable forager.The plants are well photographed and the descriptions clear, allowing you to be sure about what you are foraging. The recipes are interesting and delicious, lending themselves to putting your own spin on them. Highly recommended.

Not for the faint hearted but original and inspiring. Unusual, even odd recipes in many cases. But if you are already out foraging might just suit.

Heads up for Vegans, while I didn't expect to his book to be vegan I was shocked by how meaty it was. It was to be given as a present for my youngest daughter but I know she would be distressed by the sheer volume of meat recipes in it. I've said we'll have things to learn from it though and I'm sure we will have but yes, a book most suited to heavy meat eaters. If that is your catchment group then it may be very suitable.

Brilliant recipe for the forager at heart

I have thought a lot about why I love this book so much. What makes it so different that I just want to carry it around with me everywhere? It is extremely visually pleasing. Always a bonus. But what really does it for me is the food. Mia doesn't waffle about a foraged ingredient and try to make something edible out of it. She works with the foraged ingredients and makes spectacular food with it. Food I want to eat.

Nice book with pretty pictures but I will likely never use any of these recipes. Good thing it was cheap. This is not a book about foraging as I thought but more of a gourmet cookbook using weeds and wild greens.

I wouldn’t bother with this one. Pretty pictures, not much usable content.