Barrett, L.E., <br/><br/>
Fiddle Mainia :  Maine's organic edible fern / 
 Fiddlemainia  :  Maine's organic edible fern 
L.E. Barrett; photographs by Lin Diket. 
 - 226 pages :  illustrations ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes recipe index. 
<br/><br/> What Mainers and others around the world refer to as the fiddlehead, or a fiddlehead green, is actually a species of fern called the ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). It is an emerald green fern that first appears as a tight-rolled disk (the disk resembles the end of a musical instrument, similar to the fiddle and violin) and then leafs out with large green fronds that can shoot up five to six feet in height and reach twenty-five inches around. The book includes photographs of the fiddlehead fern as well as one hundred and twenty-five recipes from around the world.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781622171644  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cookbooks.<br/>Cooking.<br/>Vegetarian cooking.<br/>Cooking (Natural foods)<br/>Cooking (Wild foods)<br/>Fiddleheads.<br/>Ferns--Maine.<br/>Wild plants, Edible--Maine.<br/>Wild plants, Edible--Canada, Eastern.