books on collecting edible plants and berries etc

[Guest david1976]

Living out in the countryside as i do, I am looking to try cooking, making jam/jelly etc with some of the things that grow wild on trees and bushes nearby such as elderberry, rowan, berries etc

 

Can anyone recommend a book to read that has this sort of information in it i.e. what to look for, what time of the year to pick it and what to do with it?

 

I have seen a book on amazon called "food for free" and wondered if anyone had any other suggestions.

 

Cheers.

[Jim Grant 4]

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall "The River Cottage Cookbook" as a useful chapter on free food. Nice sections on meat and veg too. Check him up on the web for other books he wrote.

[trappa 518]

hugh's " a cook on the wild side" is my favourite

[Simoman 110]

The book you have mentioned in your post, "Food for Free" by Richard Mabley is excellent, Richard was the advisor to Hughs series Cook on the Wild Side.........

[Jim Grant 4]

Another one is Ray Mears & Gordon HIllman "Wildfood".

[ssssh1forthepot 0]

I have the collins gem ''food for free'' book if thats the one your talking about its quite good, lots of pictures and good discriptions so you know what you eating is safe, it also has a usefull calender that shows you when to pick and eat each plant.

[Barbus 0]

"food for free" is the orginal bible of this sort of thing way before we all heard of huge FWS , really good book IMO