Product Description

A cook-book which incorporates a tour of the British countryside in search of wild ingredients. The book presents all the recipes from both of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's television series of the same name, as well as new recipes. Guidance is included on where to find the ingredients.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #64849 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Foraging and Cooking Delight
As with all Hugh F-Ws books, it has great recipes and is a delight to read. Notes on foraging could be clearer and the book would definitely benefit from more detailed plant descriptions for identification. Overall, I would recommend the book for the intrepid cook, but if you're either a supermarket junkie or ecommerce revolutionary, then this book may not be the one for you.

An essential foragers guide...
"A Cook on the Wild Side" is one of Hughs earlier works, coming slightly before the dawn of the River Cottage era, and dealing solely with wild and foraged foods found in the British Isles. Quite simply, this is a fine book, well written and organised with some sumptuous photography, very much in the spirit of Roger Phillips. It is a worthy addition to those other classic foragers guides - Richard Mabeys "Food for Free" and Roger Phillips "Wild Food". Essential.

A Must Have for Bimblers and Foragers...!
Hugh FW is a popular food writer / chef and definitely my number 1 favourite. I've also got his "Meat" book which is brilliant.

All of his books are written articulately, are entertaining and his moral ethics are modern and in keeping with how we should be thinking in today's World.

If you love the outdoors and wild food, this is a MUST HAVE publication, even if you get it second hand as I did. (Immaculate copy) You need to have a bit of experience in the field or a good identification guide. I stated out on "The Easy Guide" books and haven't looked back.

Happy bimbling and foraging.