Acorns and Eat 'em: A How-To Vegetarian Acorn Cookbook

by Suellen Ocean

Ever wonder what acorns taste like? Confused because people have told you that acorns are poisonous? In this book, "Acorns and Eat'em," author Suellen Ocean will show you exactly how to collect, leach, store and cook with acorns. There are a wide variety of recipes, everything from breakfast, lunch and dinner to unusual deserts. For historians, there are many Native-American names for acorns and their parent oak tree and for those who truly love the out-of-doors, there is a field guide to oaks with descriptions and pictures showing what the acorns look like. If you think acorns are just for the squirrels and birds, you haven't read, "Acorns and Eat'em."

Genres: Cookbooks, Foodie

114 pages, Paperback

Published August 7, 2013

About the author

With a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sonoma State University, Suellen Ocean does her writing from the hills of Northern California. She began writing professionally for print and radio broadcasting in the late 1980's. Her first self-published book led to her becoming "officially" published, when in 1998 she was asked to participate in the anthology, "The Simple Life" through Berkley Books, New York. She is the author of sixteen books on diverse subjects.

Reviews

[Jay Wright]

A guide on how to prepare acorns for use as food and a good number of recipes. It is a short treatise on the acorn and easy read. Who knows, I might even try it.

[Amanda]

An interesting idea, and some of the recipes sounded pretty good. There was a greater focus on west coast oak species, leaving me at a bit of a disadvantage, though. The collection guide could also be improved by including actual photographs of the acorns and leaves for the different species rather than simply hand drawings.

*In compliance with FTC guidelines, I disclose that I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.*

[April]

I won a copy of this book from the Goodreads giveaway. Although I won't be able to test any of the recipes this year, I looked through it and it's very interesting. We may hold a workshop on this topic at the library next fall.

[Inge Bender Koch]

The book did disappoint me for focusing primarily on the American West Coast and American food.
I have experimented with acorn and acorn meals a little last year and I had hoped to get inspiration and a better understanding of how to use acorn in general - the nutritional benefits, taste, texture.

[Marc-Antoine Serou]

A quick read, not so great on how to recognize the trees, but hopefully good with the recipes. Can’t wait to try them !