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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
What a crock-pot I've just ordered this book (or at least my partner did) based on reviews and the fact it was called a photographic guide. Perhaps my book is different, but I was expecting pictures of the plants themselves based on the title.
I did not expect arty-pharty pictures of a glass jug of juice on a table with an oak tree in a field as a background.
There is nothing "photgraphically guiding about it" unless you dont know what a wicker basket is!!!
Utter waste of time.
Nettles are tasty Brilliantly photographed and well thought out book with some excellent simple recipes for each listing. It will certainly have you out of your arm chair and grubbing around in fields and ditches for your next meal! I thoroughly recommend the Crab apple jelly/cheese, Rowan Jelly, Elderflower Champagne(superb) and Elderberry Syrup.
I do throw caution to the wind and agree with a previous reviewer that this is more of a guide than an identification book. If you want to stick to the obvious (ie Crab apples ,... more info
Eating the great outdoors This is a truly interesting book. Now, if "interesting" makes you think of dull, trainspotter-like accumulation of facts, then this is not the nature book for you. It is less of an identification book (something of a problem in the fungus section, maybe) than a guide to what possibilities there are -some bizarre, some sensible - for using plants as food. As such it sits somewhere between the field guides Roger Phillips is known for and the hearty survival guides or Ray Mears and co. It is a gentle book, and... more info
Stunning food and fabulous photography - inspiring! I bought this book when I bought my first house back in the mists of the early eighties. The stunning and inventive photography had me pulling my walking boots on and heading out into the wilds of the Pennines to sample my first wild food. The recipes don't disappoint, in all the years I've owned this book I've never had a duff one. The wines are extraordinarily good, and a real treat is a liqueur, Beech Leaf Noyu. So my recommendation is to pull on your boots and get out there and get cooking!
