- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Pan; 8 edition (5 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330280694
- ISBN-13: 978-0330280693
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.2 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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- #49 in Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Botany & Plant Sciences
- #88 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening > Plants
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A unique photographic guide to finding, cooking and eating wild plants, mushrooms and seaweed
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Roger Phillips, creator of Wild Flowers and its bestselling companion volumes, turns his attention and his camera to the wide range of good things to eat from the countryside and seashore. From the multitude of species that are safely edible, he has selected those that are actually attractive and appetizing as food. Beautiful colour photography shows each species growing in the wild - for accurate identification - and prepared as an appealing dish. Well-known wine and food writers such as Jane grigson, Katie Stewart and B.C.A. Turner are among those who have contributed the recipes that accompany Roger Phillips' photographs.
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70 of 71 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eating the great outdoors,
By Nicktomjoe "nicktomjoe" (Oxford UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wild Food (Natural History Photographic Guides) (Paperback)
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 firmly rooted in the plant world; Wild Food does not include rabbit stew, crow pie, fricassee of dormouse... An ideal book for a winter's evening, it is also the book to browse before a summer walk. The recipes (Blackberry water ice, blanched sea kale) are straightforward and easy to follow even when the subject is a trifle odd (pickled ash keys), the photography excellent, and there are notes for use rather than full recipes for loads of plants.
60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Inspirational Classic,
By A Customer
This review is from: Wild Food (Natural History Photographic Guides) (Paperback)
Roger Philips' book taught me and my wife to love the countryside more than ever before. A walk is no longer just a walk; every turn might lead to something for the pot! Well written; great photos; clear identification notes; excellent recipes. It contains all the worthwhile foods and some of the less worthwhile - but at least he warns you in advance if it tastes unreasonably bitter.
82 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning food and fabulous photography - inspiring!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Wild Food (Natural History Photographic Guides) (Paperback)
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!
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