{"product_id":"foraging-for-edible-wild-plants-how-to-identify-cook-and-enjoy-them-9780857845511","title":"Foraging for Edible Wild Plants: How to Identify, Cook and Enjoy Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gail Harland\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Green Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Green Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Flowers - Wildflowers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForaging for Edible Wild Plants \u003c\/i\u003eis a practical and attractive guide to the many edible varieties of wild plant that grow all around us. It will appeal to gardeners, botanists, cooks and foragers, and to anyone who wants to control invasive plants and weeds in eco-friendly ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWild plants have many virtues. They are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValuable for wildlife and beneficial insects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood for the soil - locking in nutrients\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelpful in the accumulation of trace elements in soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHosts for essential mycorrhizal fungi underground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInteresting and unusual ingredients in cooking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForaging for Edible Wild Plants\u003c\/i\u003e provides full details of over 50 edible species, with: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated notes on appearance and habitat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValuable nutritional information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eadvice on how to cook them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enumerous recipe suggestions for jams, cordials, pesto, salads and soups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efascinating historical facts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etips for non-culinary uses such as dyes from nettles and soap from soapwort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eadvice on controlling invasive species such as knotweed (eat them!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eidentifying wild plants that are harmful if eaten\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eattractive colour photographs throughout. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eForaging for Edible Wild Plants\u003c\/i\u003e covers both common plants, such as nettle, dandelion, chickweed and ground elder, and less common ones, such as brooklime and wintercress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is a qualified dietician and horticulturalist, who puts her troublesome weeds to good use. Put \u003ci\u003eForaging for Edible Wild Plants\u003c\/i\u003e on the bookshelf to do the same and welcome some new, plentiful edibles into the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45048859754647,"sku":"9780857845511","price":1735.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780857845511.webp?v=1769223602","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/foraging-for-edible-wild-plants-how-to-identify-cook-and-enjoy-them-9780857845511","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}