Wild Berries of the West

Wild Berries of the West, a color field guide to the more than 150 berries and fruits of the westn United State is indispensable for berry lovers, adventurous cooks, amateur botanists, and students of Native American lore. Learn how to find and identify edible berries, and try them in creative and mouth-watering dishes such as juniper berry chicken, huckleberry bread pudding, and groundcherry chutney.

Author: Betty Derig, Margaret C. Fuller
Publisher: Mountain Press
Published: 06/15/2001
Pages: 235
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.39h x 5.39w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780878424337


Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2001 pg. 72

About the Author
Derig, Betty: - Betty B. Derig holds a master's in American history from the University of Montana. She has written numerous articles and four books on western history, including Roadside History of Idaho. Derig, an avid gardener, is a member of the Idaho Native Plant Society. Her love for the West's varied terrain, from its deserts to its evergreen forests, led her to team up with Margaret Fuller to write Wild Berries of the West. Derig lives in Weiser, Idaho.Fuller, Margaret C.: - As a freelance writer, Margaret C. Fuller has authored five books and coauthored two, and has written numerous articles on outdoor activities and mountain ecology. She has given more than two hundred slide lectures to various groups in Idaho and elsewhere. As an educator, she has taught continuing education workshops on mountain ecology and on backpacking, and is a former temporary and substitute teacher and tutor. A seasoned outdoor enthusiast and photographer, Fuller has hiked more than 5,000 miles on Idaho trails.
Fuller has a BA in biology from Stanford University and an Idaho teaching credential, from Albertson College. She is married to retired district judge Wayne Fuller, and is the mother of five grown children and grandmother of four grandchildren. She resides in Weiser, Idaho