The Boreal Herbal
By Beverley Gray
Aroma Borealis Press, 2015
Recipient of 3 gold and 2 silver international awards, this book is a beauty. It has good heft in the hand and gorgeous full colour photos worthy of the coffee table. Includes identification of many boreal forest herbs, berries and trees, including how to harvest, what their nutritional, medicinal, cosmetic and spiritual uses are, and over 200 recipes for everything from powders to soups to tinctures.