Concise Foraging Guide
1st Edition
Published on 13. May 2021
211 pages
978-1-4729-8476-0 (ISBN)
Description
This practical pocket guide, published in association with the Wildlife Trusts, includes 194 edible fruits, nuts and seeds, flowers, greens and vegetables, herbs, roots, whole plants, fungi, seaweeds and shellfish that you can forage in the UK and Europe.
Each species account includes accurate artworks and concise descriptions outlining essential details to help you identify species in the field, as well as information on where you can find species and helpful tips on how to cook and bake with the food you forage.
The author's introduction offers practical advice on foraging safely and legally and outlines how to prepare and preserve your foraged foods, including making mead and jam, drying herbs, storing mushrooms for later use and how to safely prepare foraged shellfish.
Each species account includes accurate artworks and concise descriptions outlining essential details to help you identify species in the field, as well as information on where you can find species and helpful tips on how to cook and bake with the food you forage.
The author's introduction offers practical advice on foraging safely and legally and outlines how to prepare and preserve your foraged foods, including making mead and jam, drying herbs, storing mushrooms for later use and how to safely prepare foraged shellfish.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
Illustratrions throughout
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-8476-0 (9781472984760)
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Tiffany Francis-Baker
Concise Foraging Guide
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05/2021
Bloomsbury Wildlife
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Tiffany Francis-Baker is a writer, artist and environmentalist from the South Downs in Hampshire. With a mixed background in the arts, rural heritage and conservation, her work is fuelled by a love for the natural world and a passion for protecting it. She writes and illustrates for national publications and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4. Her first colour book, Food You Can Forage, was published in March 2018 and her nature narrative, Dark Skies, was published in September 2019.
Content
An Introduction to Foraging
Foraging Safely and Legally
Storing, Preserving and Preparing Foraged Food
- How to make fruit jam
- How to make mead
- How to make dry herbs
- How to store mushrooms
- How to forage shellfish safely
Fruits
Nuts and Seeds
Flowers
Greens and Vegetables
Herbs
Roots
Whole Plants
Fungi
Seaweeds
Shellfish
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
Foraging Safely and Legally
Storing, Preserving and Preparing Foraged Food
- How to make fruit jam
- How to make mead
- How to make dry herbs
- How to store mushrooms
- How to forage shellfish safely
Fruits
Nuts and Seeds
Flowers
Greens and Vegetables
Herbs
Roots
Whole Plants
Fungi
Seaweeds
Shellfish
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
