The current study reports an ethnobotanical field investigation of traditionally gathered and
consumed wild greens (Chorta) in one of the five so-called Blue Zones in the world: Ikaria …

Dietary patterns change rapidly all over the world. The body of available local food
knowledge, which forms the basis of many local traditions, is decreasing dramatically. At the …

Mediterranean basin is abundant with native edible species that have been used in human
diet throughout the centuries as an integral part of the so-called Mediterranean diet. Despite …

A comparative food ethnobotanical study was carried out in twenty-one local communities in
Italy, fourteen of which were located in Northern Italy, one in Central Italy, one in Sardinia …

In this chapter we analyze the trends of wild food plant consumption in Europe in the last two
centuries, focusing on emergency foods in time of crisis, food traditions and neglected wild …

Background Wild vegetables in the Mediterranean Basin are still often consumed as a part
of the diet and, in particular, there is a great tradition regarding their use in Sicily. In this …

Despite the extensive bio-scientific literature concerning the Mediterranean diet, which
emerged in the last three decades, systematic ethnography-centered investigations on a …

In this work, we present a summary of an ethnobotanical research carried out in the whole
Administrative Region of Apulia (southern Italy). The main topic of the investigation is the …

Abstract The Contribution of Wild Edible Plants to the Mediterranean Diet: An Ethnobotanical
Case Study Along the Coast of Campania (Southern Italy). Wild edible plants, an essential …

The use of local Mediterranean food plants is at the brink of disappearance. Even though
there is relatively abundant information on inventories of wild edible taxa, there is also a …