Over 100 edible plants are listed, fully illustrated and described, together with recipes and other fascinating details on their use throughout the ages.Practical advice on how to pick along with information on countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants helps you to plan your foray with a feast in mind.This is the ideal book for both nature lovers and cooks keen to enjoy what the countryside has to offer.

    In the fantastic sweep of 100 million years, Platt telescopes the drama for forests marching across continents creating a new world of life and then closes in on the minutest rituals of tree life to explain the mechanics and wonder of how sap runs.

    This is the green-covered hard bound edition, the U.S. original.

    Stories by a master storyteller recapture an era of wild adventures, legendary sportsmen, and rugged landscapes in some of the world's most exotic locales.