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LETTING IN THE WILD EDGES by Glennie Kindred published by Permanent Publications.

ISBN: 978 1 85623 117 6

This book almost totally lacks any illustrations and is of little or no use to the average forager. Perhaps is a good book for those who need to reestablish contact with Mother Earth and nature. It does have some nice recipes and good hints on making oils and using herbs a bit of stuff about wild gardening. Can I recommend it no in honesty I cannot, although I have it on my bookshelf if I had known more about it I would never have bought it as there are much better books covering the areas that this book does cover.

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Identifying and harvesting EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS in wild and not so wild places by "WILDMAN" Steve Brill with Evelyn Dean Published by Harper

ISBN: 0-688-11425-3

Primarily an American publication but with nice clear line drawings and very good text including information on nutritional qualities, I have a 1994 edition and have often referred to it, finding it has a very important position on my bookshelves and not a book I would want my offspring to have to do without. Covering both natural habitats and the seasons.

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HEDGEROW river cottage handbook No7 by John Wright published by Bloomsbury.

ISBN: 978 1 4088 0185 7

Another in the River Cottage Handbook Series but not one that I can really recommend very strongly. This is a good book but so very limited in its contents especially when one considers the price. The recipes too are not the best I personally feel this book is not really worth buying unless one is really making a very serious study of what is available in the wilds and has reached the point where one needs to start comparing information from every source available. So although I enjoyed the book if funds are limited look to the more comprehensive options that are currently easily available.

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FORAGING discover free food from fields, streets, gardens and the coast by Paul Chambers published by Pen and Sword Books.

ISBN: 978 1 84468 084 9

Where do I start with this book, I like it lots, of good colour photographs, very good information, well set out in nice sections. I do however have one gripe and that is the photographs are not always with the information and I feel this could be a potential flaw. However I am very fond of this book which has a well deserved place in both the pocket and the bookshelf so Although I have a little concern I have no hesitation to recommend this book to everyone. Many will find it even handier than Food For Free.

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FORAGING the essential guide to free wild food by John Lewis-Stempel published by Right Way.

ISBN: 978-0-7160-2310-4

Completely without any illustrations, the recipes are alright but you need to be able to recognise your wild foods before you can use them. I am unable to recommend this book to anyone except a very experienced wild food forager who might hope to find some recipes he or she has not found elsewhere.

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FORAGING self sufficiency by David Squire published by New Holland.

ISBN: 978 1 84773 772 4

A book designed to appeal more to a particular portion of those interested in the outdoors with its very pretty coloured drawings. Sadly lacking in serious wold food and foraging content and therefore not a book I can recommend to anyone.

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FOOD FROM THE WILD by Ian Burrows published by New Holland Publishers.

ISBN: 978 1 78009 067 2

A great book for the forager sadly no photographs instead most excellent coloured drawings, although lacking in recipes and medicinal treatment creation and even oil creation. The basic Fruit, Nut, Seed, Flower, Leaf, Herb, Root, Seaweed and Fungi information found in this book make this book well worth its place on my bookshelf and I recommend it to anyone who wants to go foraging or is interested in gathering their own wild foods.

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EDIBLE WILD PLANTS wild foods from dirt to plate by John Kallas published by Gibbs Smith.

ISBN: 978-1-4236-0150-0

An excellent although limited book for the United States of America. The limits are on the number of species included in this very good book.

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EDIBLE WILD PLANTS AND HERBS a compendium of recipes and remedies by Pamela Michael published by Grub Street.

ISBN: 978-1-904943-73-0

A nice book essentially intended for the United Kingdom. Lots of handy and most interesting information. Although with some really nice paintings of the various plants I cannot help but feel that this book may be a let down to some who do not know the plants concerned well enough to easily recognise them. However the recipes are very good although I personally am left with the feeling that someone has sat at home and researched the contents rather than actually been outside and experienced the information personally, nor do I feel the author writes from personal knowledge.

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EDIBLE SEASHORE river cottage handbook No5 by John Wright published by Bloomsbury.

ISBN: 978 0 7475 9531 1

One of the few books available on seashore wild foods and sadly let down in many areas except possibly the recipes, the photographs although clear are let down by the quality of paper used although the information is pretty good provided on the wild foods covered is pretty good and there is in my opinion the book is unbalanced by too large a section of recipes. Yet it still deserves a place on any foragers book shelf.

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EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS of Britain and Northern Europe by Edmund Launert published by Hamlyn.

ISBN: 0 600 56395 2

With clear coloured drawings and very reasonable information I think this is a very good book and well worthy of a place on any forager or self sufficiency enthusiast or off grid person. I think this is a most excellent book and well deserving a place on my book shelf.

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EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANT HANDBOOKS two books in one by Robert Pelton published by Freedom and Liberty Foundation Press

No ISBN

This is a very large print book primarily for the American market. The illustrations are a poor quality line drawing type and not really any good for identification purposes. Although I have found some of Robert Pelton's work interesting I cannot recommend this book to those whose primary location in the United Kingdom nor to those in America seeking to use it for identification purposes. However the information on preparation and use of the plants is pretty good but there are better books out there.

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EASY WILD FOOD GUIDE by Neil Fletcher published by Aurum Press.

ISBN: 978 1 84513 254 5

A nice book good clear drawings and photographs with reasonable information on each, this book even has miniature drawings of the Winter Tree silhouettes of some deciduous trees which is very handy but far to much of the book is given over to fungi for my personal liking covering many of the more common wild foods this book is lacking in enough cautionary advice. However I would recommend this book to the more experienced forager as much for its pleasant reading as anything. Although I would caution anyone on taking a chance on some of the fungi.

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A HEDGEROW COOKBOOK by Glennie Kindred published by Wodden Books.

ISBN: 1 904263 03 8

For me a real disappointment the black and white drawings are there just to give a tone to the book and useless for any identification. The recipes are for cooks in the kitchen and not for the real outdoor forager. I cannot recommend this book.

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A COOK ON THE WILD SIDE by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall published by Boxtree.

ISBN: 0 7522 1115 3

Very much a cooks book but with some nice interest for foragers. This book even has alternative ingredients for the armchair foragers. With a few good clear pictures for foragers, this is certainly a book for the cook in the kitchen rather than the real outdoor forager.