Food For Free

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Understand and learn about the fascinating edible species that you may come across and, with the help of the numerous recipes also included, find out the best way to pick and enjoy them.Each page has an illustration and descriptions of each thing so you know exactly what you are looking for. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. I knew that the berries grow in clusters at the end of shoots but did not know that the older shoots die after two or three years' cropping. Each of the 240 types of fruit, nut, flower, seaweed, fungi and shellfish featured has its own identification field notes and artwork. Not only contains informative information on free food in the wild, it also gives you recipes and uses, for wh.

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. A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artworks, field identification notes and recipes. I also find it pretty interesting as a historian looking into prehistoric hunter-gatherers of Britain.Marjorie Netta Blamey MBE was an English painter and illustrator, particularly noted for her botanical illustrations for which she was described as "the finest living botanical illustrator", "the best contemporary botanical illustrator" and "the top illustrator in Europe" in reviews around the world. Among his many other acclaimed publications are Gilbert White (Whitbread Biography of the Year) and the ground-breaking, award-winning best-seller Flora Britannica. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. He has narrated and produced popular BBC television and radio series, and has written for the Guardian, Granta, and other publications.

The historical information referring to war, Roman occupation and Victorian eating habits is fascinating. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose.Over 100 edible plants are featured together with recipes and other interesting culinary information. The calendar for growing seasons is incredibly handy as it gives you an overview of when to expect wild food to appear.

Neat little reference book to have about when delving into some woodland in the hope of finding wild food, particularly in the UK. 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. He is the author of the groundbreaking book on foraging in the countryside Food for Free and the editor of The Oxford Book of Nature Writing.A great thing about this book is that it does not only tell which things are edible but also provides full detailed recipes on how to cook them. The Collins Gem series of books are a fantastic addition to any outdoor enthusiasts library, they are a perfect size for slipping in your pocket or bergan for a day or longer in the field. 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. It's hard to figure out If i need to do further reading because it is so packed full of information. This is the ideal book for both nature lovers and cooks keen to enjoy what the countryside has to offer.