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Edible Seashore
John Wright
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Description for Edible Seashore
Hardback. River Cottage Handbook.
For the forager, the seashore holds surprising culinary potential. In this authoritative, witty book John Wright takes us on a trip to the seaside. But before introducing us to the various species to be harvested, he touches on such practicalities as conservation and the ethics of foraging; safety from tides, rocks and food poisoning; the law and access to the shore, our right to fish, landing sizes and seasons; and equipment such as nets, pots and hooks. Next comes the nitty-gritty: all the main British seashore species that one might be tempted to eat. The conservation status, taste and texture, ... Read more
For the forager, the seashore holds surprising culinary potential. In this authoritative, witty book John Wright takes us on a trip to the seaside. But before introducing us to the various species to be harvested, he touches on such practicalities as conservation and the ethics of foraging; safety from tides, rocks and food poisoning; the law and access to the shore, our right to fish, landing sizes and seasons; and equipment such as nets, pots and hooks. Next comes the nitty-gritty: all the main British seashore species that one might be tempted to eat. The conservation status, taste and texture, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Series
River Cottage Handbook
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747595311
SKU
9780747595311
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About John Wright
John Wright's passion for the foraging life is unbounded; he can be found from waist-deep in the sea collecting seaweed to ten feet up a tree picking mushrooms. He has become a regular lecturer and guide at River Cottage HQ. His first book, Mushrooms, the first River Cottage Handbook, was described in the Independent as 'the best ... Read more
Reviews for Edible Seashore
'A perfect, and beautiful, book for beginners or intermediate-level shore-foragers' Guy Dimond, Time Out