Wild Fruits, Berries, Nuts & Flowers

Overview

A timely reissue featuring 101 recipes for using wild berries, fruits, nuts, flowers, mushrooms and seaweed.

First published in the UK in 1942 in response to the growing use of factory-made foods and essences, Wild Berries, Fruits, Nuts & Flowers demonstrated how tasty dishes could be made using the wild fruits and flowers of the countryside.

Today there is a growing interest in foraging. People have become more connected with and nature and are heading into countryside and collecting edible plants, mushrooms and fruits. This is combined with an increasing desire to eat local seasonal produce in the interests of sustainability.

This timely reissue of a classic of its kind is the perfect gift for the modern forager. It features 101 recipes for using wild berries, fruits, nuts, flowers, mushrooms and seaweed, Nothing is known about the original author, but this edition has an introduction by Barbara Segall, who rediscovered this book.

Author Biography

Barbara Segall grows fruit, veg and herbs, as well as ornamental garden plans in her town garden in the countryside. Her daily walks are the starting point for her hedgerow foraging for elder, nettles, sloes and bullace, which she turns into kitchen produce. She also forages much from her own garden. She writes articles, books (most recent is Secret Gardens of East Anglia, (Frances Lincoln 2017) and blogs about gardens and herbs (http://www.thegardenpost.com/). She edits The Horticulturist and is a member of the Garden Media Guild and also of the Guild of Food Writers.

Nothing is known about the original author of Wild Fruits, Berries, Nuts & Flowers, which was first published by the Medici Society in London, England, in 1942, and sold for 1 shilling and sixpence.