Food for Free
Food for Free
A classic guide to wild food in Britain and northern Europe since 1972: plants, nuts, fungi, seaweeds and shellfish, with where and when to find them and how to cook them.
- Why it's here
- Identifying edible wild plants, fungi and shellfish in Britain and northern Europe.
- Keep in mind
- Never eat a wild plant or mushroom you can't identify with certainty.
- Publisher
- Collins
- Edition
- Current edition
- Format
- Paperback
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