Wang, Andrea
Summary: While driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's Chinese immigrant parents spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. They stop the car, grabbing rusty scissors and an old paper bag, and the whole family wades into the mud to gather as much as they can. At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family just get food from the grocery store, like everyone else?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023
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Summary: Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Caldecott Wang 2021Maguire, Gregory
Summary: "When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAGMaguire, Gregory
Summary: When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC MAGScott-Goodman, Barbara.
Summary: "'Eat Greens' is a celebration of garden-fresh green vegetables and herbs that are plentiful from spring to fall and throughout the year..."--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.65 SCOSharma, Nik
Summary: "Nik Sharma, blogger at A Brown Table, Serious Eats columnist, and bestselling cookbook author, brings us his most cookable collection of recipes yet in Veg-table. Here is a technique-focused repertoire for weeknight mains for cooks of all skill levels looking to add more delicious and satisfying vegetable dishes to their diet. Combining the scientific underpinnings of The Flavor Equation with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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Summary: A collection of recipes that center on fifteen leafy greens, ranging from arugula to watercress, which contain health-supporting nutrients and phytochemicals, includes recipes for dips, spreads, snacks, salads, main dishes, and drinks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56 JACFike, Jimmy W.
Summary: "Featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part of the plant. While the images initially appear to be scientific illustrations or photograms from the dawn of photography when plants were placed directly on sensitized paper and exposed under the sun, a closer look reveals, according to Liesl Bradner of the Los Angeles Times, "haunting [and]...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Lightning Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.6 FIKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 581.6 FIKElliott, Renée J.
Summary: This authoritative new title from health and wellness expert Renee Elliott is a modern encyclopedia of 99 superfood ingredients. Carefully curated by Renee in close collaboration with the buyers of pioneering organic supermarket Planet Organic, the result is a definitive guide to incorporating the most nutritional foods into everyday meals. Each entry offers notes on benefits, selection,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pavilion Books 2017
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Summary: A gift book for food lovers, showcasing 90 authentic recipes from the Americas' indigenous populations in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution and the Mitsitam Cafe's executive chef, Richard Hetzler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.592 HETCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.592 HETGreen, Aliza.
Summary: Shares recipes for making soups, bisques, chowders, purees and stocks and offers techniques for prepping ingredients, using flavor enhancers and selecting the right utensils.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books, a member of Quayside Publishing Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.813 GRERose, Lisa M.
Summary: From fields to woodlands, riverbeds, and lakesides—and even in our own neighborhoods—the beautiful Midwest is rich in delicious wild edibles. Herbalist, forager, and urban farmer Lisa M. Rose helps you find peppery watercress and delectable nettles at a nearby lake in the spring and nutritious burdock roots from sunny fields in the fall. Try brewing chai from roasted hickory or beech nuts, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2015