Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

The aim of this review is to present an overview of changes in the contemporary use of wild food plants in Europe, mainly using the examples of our home countries: Poland, Italy, Spain, Estonia and Sweden. We set the scene referring to the nutrition of 19th century peasants, involving many famine an...

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Main Authors: Łukasz Łuczaj, Andrea Pieroni, Javier Tardío, Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Renata Sõukand, Ingvar Svanberg, Raivo Kalle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Botanical Society 2012-11-01
Series:Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
Subjects:
wild edible plants
famine
food security
culinary vogues
habitat transformations
ethnobotany
Online Access:https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/958

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