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Practical advice on how to pick along with information on countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants helps you to plan your foray with a feast in mind. Also falls a bit short in terms of highlighting possibilities for mis-identification, but I guess that onus falls on more detailed books. Collins Gem version: colour photos, how and when to pick guidance, pleasant old and new recipes for those who’d like to sample natures produce unpackaged, unprocessed and generally not meddled with. There's a ton of good recipes and really good descriptions of the plants and mushrooms so it's easier to identify. He won wide acclaim on the publication of the original Food for Free in 1972 – which has never been out of print since – and again with the publication of the full-colour edition in 1989.
This book is a great starting point for beginners like us who have no idea what grows when or what is edible. He won wide acclaim on the publication of the original Food for Free in 1972 – which has never been out of print since. But it's also useful to the culinary minded looking for some different ingredients, and providing a number of recipes. Fully updated, 50th Anniversary, edition of the classic complete guide to the edible species of the UK that introduced foraging to generations of naturalists. A regular commentator on the radio and in the national press, he is also a Director of the arts and conservation charity Common Ground and Vice-President of the Open Spaces Society.Well, actually it was this book and some friends in the UK that worked in tandem, but this book kept me going even when the friends weren't there to guide me.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. There is also practical advice on how to pick plus the countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.Among his many other acclaimed publications are Gilbert White (Whitbread Biography of the Year) and the ground-breaking, award-winning best-seller Flora Britannica. A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artworks, field identification notes and recipes. He won wide acclaim on the publication of the original Food for Free in 1972 - which has never been out of print since - and again with the publication of the full-colour edition in 1989. This is a great reference book with interesting descriptions of edible plants (and some poisonous) accompanied with very pretty illustrations in colour (eleven artists contributed). I also find it pretty interesting as a historian looking into prehistoric hunter-gatherers of Britain.
Illustrated throughout with stunning colour photographs this fully-revised edition of a Collins bestseller explains the best ways to make use of the foods we can find in the wild. Food for Free' by Richard Mabey was first published in 1972, since then it has been reprinted 11 times.
Over 100 edible plants are featured together with recipes and other interesting culinary information. Photography and illustrated with in depth descriptions it is a great little pocket book for anyone I was recommended this by a friend and I am so grateful for the advice. Beautifully illustrated and written, ‘Food for Free’ will inspire you to take more notice of the natural harvest that surrounds us, learn how to make use of it and conserve it for future generations.