THE WILDERNESS CURE

Winner of the John Avery Award at the André Simon Awards 2022 A triumph The TLS This special and magical book has changed the way I see the world Dan Saladino Inspiration and delight sparkle from every page This book is a revelation of joy to the general reader for whom wild food is another country John Wright author of the River Cottage handbooks A captivating and lyrical journey into our ancestral past through what and how we eat Mo Wilde made a quiet but radical pledge to live only off free foraged food for an entire year In a world disconnected from its roots eating wild food is both culinary and healing social and political Ultimately it is an act of love and community Using her expert knowledge of botany and mycology Mo follows the seasons to find nutritious food from hundreds of species of plants fungi and seaweeds and in the process learns not just how to survive but how to thrive Nourishing her body and mind deepens her connection with the earth a connection that we have become estranged from but which we all deep down hunger for This hunger is about much more than food It is about accepting and understanding our place in a natural network that is both staggeringly complex and beautifully simple THE WILDERNESS CURE is a diary o