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

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-370

  Łuczaj, Łukasz ^a   Pieroni, Andrea ^b   Tardío, Javier ^c   Pardo De Santayana, Manuel ^d   Sõukand, Renata ^e   Svanberg, Ingvar ^f   Kalle, Raivo ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c Dept Agroalimentación   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Estonian Literary Museum   (Estonia)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Culinary vogues; Famine; Food security; Habitat transformations; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873517393     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: 20839480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5586/asbp.2012.031     Document Type: Review

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