Following on from the success of the first River Cottage handbook, Mushrooms, John Wright has excelled himself with Edible Seashore: River Cottage Handbook No.5 (River Cottage Handbook 5). As essential as a bucket and spade for a trip to the beach, Edible Seashore covers everything you need to know about harvesting the bounties of the shoreline!

For the forager, the seashore holds surprising culinary potential. In this authoritative and witty book John Wright takes us on a trip to the seaside introducing us to the various species to be harvested, the practicalities such as conservation and the ethics of foraging; safety from tides, rocks and food poisoning; before introducing us to all the British seashore species that one might be tempted to eat. Finally, there are thirty brilliant recipes. Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Edible Seashore is destined to join the other handbooks in the series as an indispensible household reference.

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