Plants used for making recreational tea in Europe: a review based on specific research sites

R Sõukand, CL Quave, A Pieroni… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2013 - Springer
This paper is a review of local plants used in water infusions as aromatic and refreshing hot
beverages (recreational tea) consumed in food-related settings in Europe, and not for …

[PDF][PDF] Historical ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants of Estonia (1770s-1960s)

R Kalle, R Sõukand - Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2012 - bibliotekanauki.pl
This paper is a historical ethnobotanical review of wild plants used by the residents of
present day Estonia during the 1770s–1960s. Twenty two sources addressing historical …

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

L Luczaj, A Pieroni, J Tardío… - Acta societatis …, 2012 - iris.unive.it
The aim of this review is to present an overview of changes in the contemporary use of wild
food plants in Europe, mainly using the examples of our home countries: Poland, Italy …

Wild food in Europe: A synthesis of knowledge and data of terrestrial wild food as an ecosystem service

CJE Schulp, W Thuiller, PH Verburg - Ecological economics, 2014 - Elsevier
Wild food is an iconic ecosystem service that receives little attention in quantifying, valuating
and mapping studies, due to the perceived low importance or due to lack of data. Here, we …

Ethnobotanical survey of plants used in Afyonkarahisar-Turkey

S Arı, M Temel, M Kargıoğlu, M Konuk - Journal of ethnobiology and …, 2015 - Springer
Background The traditional knowledge about plants and their uses in Turkey is disappearing
in recent years because the new generations of villagers migrate to big cities for a better life …

One century later: the folk botanical knowledge of the last remaining Albanians of the upper Reka Valley, Mount Korab, Western Macedonia

A Pieroni, B Rexhepi, A Nedelcheva, A Hajdari… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2013 - Springer
Background Ethnobotanical surveys of the Western Balkans are important for the cross-
cultural study of local plant knowledge and also for obtaining baseline data, which is crucial …

Nutritional ethnobotany in Europe: From emergency foods to healthy folk cuisines and contemporary foraging trends

Ł Łuczaj, A Pieroni - Mediterranean wild edible plants: ethnobotany and …, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Isolated, but transnational: the glocal nature of Waldensian ethnobotany, Western Alps, NW Italy

G Bellia, A Pieroni - Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2015 - Springer
Background An ethnobotanical field study on the traditional uses of wild plants for food as
well as medicinal and veterinary plants was conducted in four Waldensian valleys (Chisone …

Devil is in the details: Use of wild food plants in historical Võromaa and Setomaa, present-day Estonia

R Kalle, R Sõukand, A Pieroni - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biodiversity needs to be preserved to ensure food security. Border zones create high but
vulnerable biocultural diversity. Through reviewing scattered historical data and …

Where does the border lie: locally grown plants used for making tea for recreation and/or healing, 1970s–1990s Estonia

R Sõukand, R Kalle - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Traditional use of local wild and cultivated plants for
making recreational tea in Estonia often borders with the medicinal use of the same plants …