The Hedgerow Handbook: Recipes, Remedies and Rituals – THE NEW 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - Rilegato

Nozedar, Adele

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0224086715 ISBN 13: 9780224086714

Casa editrice: Square Peg, 2012

Riassunto

The Hedgerow Handbook is the ultimate Christmas gift for nature lovers and foragers alike this festive season.

If there's one distinctive feature of the British countryside, it has to be the hedgerow. In fact, hedgerows are such an established part of our landscape that sometimes we take them for granted.
But take a closer look, and the diversity and variety of plant species that form them is little short of wondrous. And it is not only plant life that thrives in abundance in the hedgerow - native wild animals, birds and insects are protected and nourished by them. We know that at least 65 species of birds live in our hedgerows and that they are crucial to the survival of moths, bats and dormice.

From angelica to ash and bird cherry to borage, from pineapple weed to plantain and wild garlic to wimberries, each entry is accompanied by an exquisite full colour illustration to help you identify each plant or flower, along with its history and folklore, and culinary and medicinal uses. You won't find yet another recipe for blackberry pie nor nettle soup here, however - this is not your run-of-the mill hedgerow book.

Instead, why not try Adele's Spicy Ash Key Pickle, her Beechnut Turron, Red Clover Lemonade or Wild Raspberry Vodka?

The Hedgerow Handbook is much more than a foraging book - it is an inspiration and a trigger for a new experience of our countryside.

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Descrizione del libro:

Beautifully illustrated in full-colour throughout, this is the perfect guide to British hedgerows and their plants - and what to do with them.

L'autore:

Adele Nozedar has enjoyed a varied career, spanning TV presentation, being in a cult indie band, running highly-successful record labels (both independent and major) and a PR company, exhibiting her photography and writing soundtracks. She is trained in massage and colour therapy and is now the owner of a remote residential recording studio in Wales, and two shops in Hay on Wye. She is also a photographer and the author of several books including: The Element Encyclopaedia of Secret Signs And Symbols, 2006; The Secret Language of Birds, HarperCollins 2006 and Freaky Dreams HarperCollins 2011.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Square Peg
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0224086715
• ISBN 13: 9780224086714
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240