Now that we've left the city life and retired in the country, I'm learning a lot about what grows in our yard that's useful for food, medicinal, and other herbal uses. I let our yard grow out an extra month this year and found at least ten spring herbs that are growing in our yard. Learning about foraging has been very informative and that's why I was glad to be able to review this book.

The author discusses 50 common urban plants that can be foraged from most any place. In urban settings, most of these plants are considered weeds. We don't use that word anymore in our house because all those plants we were trying to kill in the metropolitan area we used to live in are really helpful plants with medicinal uses. The author does address issues like knowing what plants are and are not safe as well as knowing the history of the land where these plants are growing. She suggests a list of tools that one might want when foraging and plants to look for in different season.

Each plant is identified with a lovely color photograph, a description of what culinary uses the plant is used for, how to identify the plant, some considerations, and a recipe, in most cases. While I find the photos of the plants very appealing, I would have liked to have had some more details visible to be able to identify the plant with more certainty. When foraging, I would suggest having alternative identification apps or books so that you will have 100% certainty about the plants that you are harvesting.

Urban Foraging has a list of 50 plants to get you started on your way to foraging for plants in the your area and there are so many others that you can add when you're ready.

With clear photos and descriptions of each plant listed within Urban Foraging I find that this book would be very useful to someone who is first jumping into the world of foraging. The included uses and recipes help elevate the learning experience and helps the newbie put their newly acquired knowledge into action.

I do think there needs to be a few more warnings of dangerous lookalikes - but overall I think the book is well written and will help many new foragers get excited for this new adventure.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Timber Press for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This is great and seems super helpful, planning on buying a physical copy of this for our garden this year. Lots of information.

I'm an experienced forager and own many foraging books, including at least one other by Rose that I really enjoyed. This is not one of my favorites. It will be a big hit with new foragers but you'll also need an ID guide since the photos in this tend to be pretty rather than super helpful. In some cases, I would have expected more warnings about dangerous lookalikes, as with Queen Anne's Lace. I was also really surprised that the instructions for using acorns involved just boiling them for ten minutes, draining and baking at low heat to dry and grind (full disclosure-- I've written an acorn foraging book, though it does not affect this review). With acorns with a lot of tannins, you're really going to want to do a lot more boilings than that. Acorns taste so good, but you should expect to either do multiple boilings or long-term cold water leaching to really great their wonderful flavor. With one ten minute boil you're going to have disappointing acorn flour unless you have some particularly mild Burr oak acorns.

That said, there are lovely photos and there is a recipe to use the plants in about half of the cases. It's a concise, well written guide that will probably get a lot of new foragers excited about the adventure. Three stars -- liked it.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

I didn't find book useful on being to identify new plants when I'm outdoors, it definitely requires seeking out other knowledge on identifying these plants or already knowing how to identify them such as common plants like dandelion. The picture quality was good and I enjoyed that a recipe was included with almost all the plants. Most of the recipes were kinda basic like tea and jams but some like the acorn flour bread were unique enough that I would want to try it myself, especially since acorns are plentiful and I already know what they look like to harvest without being concerned about making a mistake from a poisonous lookalike.

I particularly like how the guide gives you tips on the best places to find particular plants in the city, clear pictures so you know what you're looking for and also things to avoid (as well as some unique recipes) I'm excited to take the guide out and about with me and try some Urban Foraging, I'll document the results on my blog (www.artsbooksplaces.com) and update my review and let you know how I get on but from first looks this seems like a really practical and fun book.

I received an advanced review copy of this book from Net Galley in return for an honest review, all views expressed

Foraging is a fascinating hobby and this guide makes it accessible to people who live in urban areas as well. Check out this book to learn about the edible plants in your neighborhood!

What a clever and useful book!

Lisa M. Rose's Urban Foraging guides the reader through various forgeable plants, their uses, identifications and even a recipe or two for each. I will certainly be keeping this book in mind for future use as I have been itching to learn about foraging.

Clear photographs and descriptions of each plant are very useful and I appreciate the recommended reading at the end.

I have some exploring to do!

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Timber Press, and the author Lisa M. Rose for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for a review!

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting book about foraging. There are tips about what to look for and how to safely forage. The book lists common wild edible plants and has a few recipes to try them in. Some are definitely time intensive or hard to find, but there's a lot of interesting information.

It's a thorough book to look through.

I love how neat and well-organized the presentation of this book is!

Love the cover. Love the real pictures and I get to know a lot more herbs and plants which can be used for culinary purposes.

The best part is most of these plants are familiar and I love the information about them given in this collection.

You will love this.

Thank you, Timber Press, for the advance review copy.

This was such a pleasant and quick read and I definitely will be purchasing a hard copy to take around with me here in the woods! The photos of the different plants were so beautiful and I loved the layout and the information given. This book gave me some great inspiration on some things for me to plant as well!

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Timber Press, and the author Lisa M. Rose