Juniper berries, pinyon nuts, acorn meal, pickled nopalitos and prickly pear jelly are a few of the high-priced wild desert foods which hold prominent positions on the shelves of the specialty and the gourmet shops. Wild Foods of the Desert offers the homemaker and gourmet cook a galaxy of fresh ideas utilizing native desert food. Protected plants that cannot be removed from the desert floor without a permit are carefully noted in the text. Even these plants, however, provide edible buds, flowers and fruits which may be gathered without damage to their environment and without permit.