Wild Food: A Complete Guide for Foragers

Wild Food: A Complete Guide for Foragers is an authoritative, richly illustrated guide to wild food and foraging by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix. Designed to help readers recognise edible plants found across a wide range of landscapes, it brings together clear identification, colour photography and detailed descriptions in one volume.

Wild food is presented as something encountered in everyday surroundings, from hedgerows and fields to river banks, seashores and moorland. The book also includes a testimonial from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who describes its long-lasting influence on how he eats and lives.

Key details

• Authors: Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix
• Clearly identifies hundreds of wild plants
• Colour photography with detailed descriptions
• Information on historical uses by our ancestors
• Includes over 100 modern recipes for food and drinks

Synopsis

Covering wild plants found in hedgerows, fields, river banks, seashores and moorland, this guide sets out to make foraging more accessible through clear identification and colour photography. Alongside detailed descriptions, it explores how plants were used in the past and adds over 100 contemporary recipes for food and drinks.

The selection ranges from berries, herbs and mushrooms to wild vegetables, salad leaves, seaweed and even bark, offering a broad view of what can be gathered and cooked.