Synopsis
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.
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Review
‘Thirty years after its initial publication, the forager's bible continues to inspire and enthral.’
Scottish Field
‘Still a classic’
The Financial Times
‘Armed with this guide, this month you could be sampling the simple pleasures of eating a fleshy Hottentot fig straight from a Devon clifftop, making elderflower fritters gathered from the hedgerows, or frying fairy-ring champignons picked off your lawn. With its charming painted illustrations, it is a book to savour in itself.’
Devon Life
From the Back Cover
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. An all-colour, revised version produced in 1989 has sold over 30,000 copies in the trade. A guide to over 200 types of food that can be gathered in the wild in Britain, 'Food for Free' explores the history and folklore of the foods as well as explaining how we identify them and the best ways to cook and eat them.
The new edition will bring the subject right up to date. Organized by season rather than food type 'Food for Free' will take us through the year. Richard Mabey’s fully-revised text will be accompanied by stunning photographs, new recipes and a wealth of practical information on collecting, cooking and preparing.
Beautifully illustrated, beautifully written and produced in a new, larger format 'Food for Free' is designed to inspire us to take more notice of what is around us, how we can make use of it and how we can conserve it for future generations.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. MARJORIE BLAMEY (illustrator). 1st Edition. Illustrated laminated boards225 x 145 mm approx. 192 pp. 8 colour plates as called for + 148 pen and ink line drawings in text by Botanical artist Marjorie Blamey. The go to book for foraging. First published by Collins in 1972 the copy offered is a first printing 1986 by Peerage books in durable laminated boards ideal for reference in the field on country walks. Very Good - ink rubber stamp previous owner name to half title and very slight dust spotting to to of book block, else fine with no annotations or other defects). Seller Inventory # 135034
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 220mm. pp. 196 First Thus. First published in 1972 by Collins. Seller Inventory # 7040