I’m up in Norfolk over Christmas, and I have managed to grab some time to film an interview with Ian Burrows author of the best selling wild food book ‘Food From The Wild’.
This time I want to do something different, I want you to tell me the questions that you’d like Ian to answer. It can be anything about foraging and wild edible plants, so don’t be shy ask your question now by clicking here.
Ian’s book is up there with other mainstream foraging and wild food books like Richard Mabey’s Food For Free and Roger Phillips Wild Food.
Ian’s book is a lovely introduction for family foragers and survivalists alike. And I agree with what this customer had to say about it…
A major strength of this book is that it focuses specifically on the edible plants of the UK and Northern Europe. It does not, on the whole, include recipes but does have a lot of factual information.
On the back cover it lists as one of its merits ‘Detailed artworks provide accurate identification’. Please, please do not try to use this book to identify wild plants (or especially fungi) with which you are unfamiliar. The drawings (although very beautiful) are inadequate to make positive identifications. If you are serious about foraging you should buy this book, but also buy one (or two) good field guides, for identification purposes.”
Ask Ian your question now here.
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