This is the perfect companion guide for every budding forager.
Exquisitely illustrated with full-colour paintings of all the
plants and herbs in the book, ranging from dandelion and sorrel
to sea beet and samphire, Edible Wild Plants and Herbs
is both a cookbook and field guide to the identification and use
of foodstuffs from the wild. There are almost 400 recipes covering
nearly 100 different plant varieties and the illustrations, drawn
from life by one of the country's leading botanical artists, show
the edible parts of the plants at their peak time for picking.
In addition there is a calendar indicating what plants to look
for at each season of the year, information on where the plants
are found and how to identify them.
In the past the home kitchen provided a family with all its medicines
and cosmetics as well as its food, wine, pickles and preserves.
Our anscestors were resourceful and imaginative and very much
in tune with nature; this book recaptures their harmonious, sustainable
way of life by setting down for the modern reader all that knowledge
and lore. There are recipes for soups, sauces, main dishes, salads,
pickles, jams, sorbets, as well as teas, syrups and lotions.
Published originally in 1980 under the title All Good Things
Around Us, this book became a classic work on the subject.
It has been entirely revised and updated and redesigned with new
recipes and information.
Reviewed by Amanda Hitt
Price: £20.00 hardback
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