A Forager's Guide to Wild Drinks
Ferments, infusions and thirst-quenchers for every season
Published on 14. November 2024
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-83776-013-8 (ISBN)
Description
Brew up your own wild concoctions to enjoy through the seasons.
The book celebrates year-round foraging and feasting. Soothing winter warmers and delicate botanical teas join energy-boosting tonics and zingy summer coolers in its beautiful pages. Liz Knight's expertise and enthusiasm - familiar to viewers of numerous BBC TV shows including Saturday Live and Escape to the Farm - are truly infectious, and her readers will soon be happily gathering their own wild harvest. She includes step-by-step instructions for the basic processes for making different types of drink, including wines, beers, fermented drinks, teas, coffees, juices, tinctures and tonics - so you'll never go thirsty!
The book celebrates year-round foraging and feasting. Soothing winter warmers and delicate botanical teas join energy-boosting tonics and zingy summer coolers in its beautiful pages. Liz Knight's expertise and enthusiasm - familiar to viewers of numerous BBC TV shows including Saturday Live and Escape to the Farm - are truly infectious, and her readers will soon be happily gathering their own wild harvest. She includes step-by-step instructions for the basic processes for making different types of drink, including wines, beers, fermented drinks, teas, coffees, juices, tinctures and tonics - so you'll never go thirsty!
Reviews / Votes
'Intoxicating! This book is the perfect guide to nature's drinks cabinet. From teas, to cordials, wines and cocktails, Liz's incredible knowledge of plants provides a wealth of inspiration for the thirsty forager' - Kate Humble (Broadcaster, author, presenter of Escape to the Farm) 'A wonderful book that combines a wealth of foraging knowledge and inspiring recipes to embrace nature's wild flavours throughout the year. 'A Forager's Guide to Wild Drinks' will take you from the first days of Spring to the height of Summer and back to the depths of Winter with a well-stocked drinks cupboard filled with inventive flavours' - Rosie Steer (Photographer, author of Slow Seasons) 'A beautiful, practical and refreshing book' - Tristan Gooley (Bestselling author of The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs etc.) 'I thought I knew my wild plants and flowers pretty well, but Wild Drinks adds an entirely new (and delicious) perspective to them' - Christopher Stocks (Author of The Book of Wild Flowers)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustrations
80 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1062 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83776-013-8 (9781837760138)
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Person
Liz Knight is a leading wild plant and foraging expert who lives in the Black Mountains in Wales, UK. She runs courses and workshops in foraging and cookery, and is the author of the bestselling book Forage: Wild Plants to Gather, Cook and Eat. When not writing or teaching, she can usually be found deep in a ditch or hedge, surrounded by nettles and brambles.