Food For Free
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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- £2.49
Publisher Description
The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material.
This is the perfect pocket guide for aspiring foragers. Over 100 edible plants are listed, fully illustrated and described, together with recipes and other fascinating details on their use throughout the ages.
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.
This is the ideal book for both nature lovers and cooks keen to enjoy what the countryside has to offer.
About the author
Richard Mabey is a naturalist and award-winning author and journalist. 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. Among his many other acclaimed publications are Gilbert White (Whitbread Biography of the Year) and the ground-breaking, award-winning best-seller Flora Britannica. He collaborated with Mark Cocker on Birds Britannica, and his book Nature Cure, described as 'a brilliant, candid and heartfelt memoir', was shortlisted for four prestigious prizes. He is an active member of national and local conservation groups and lives in Norfolk.
Customer Reviews
My second version and even better
I bought the print version of this book way back before electronic versions were not available and the pictures were printed water colours, although they were beautiful and true to life, the photographic version is far superior especially when one is dealing with funghi, this was the main reason I purchased this book again, the other reason of coarse was the price, I have many of the Collins pocket books and this one is as good as all the others, all in all fantastic value for money and an invaluable friend while out foraging or even while out for a stroll along a footpath or the like.