Richard Mabey

Durante más de cincuenta años, Richard Mabey ha sido una voz de referencia en la escritura moderna sobre la naturaleza. Este libro recopila piezas a lo largo de su carrera, rastreando la continua evo

A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us together with detailed artworks field identification notes and recipes First published in 1972 this updated edition of Richard Mabey s cult bestseller has been revised to reflect the ever increasing eco awareness and popular interest in finding different and more natural sources of food Each of the 240 types of fruit nut flower seaweed fungi and shellfish featured has its own identification field notes and artwork Understand and learn about the fascinating edible species that you may come across and with the help of the numerous recipes also included find out the best way to pick and enjoy them Beautifully illustrated and written Food for Free will inspire you to take more notice of the natural harvest that surrounds us learn how to make use of it and conserve it for future generations

The ideal portable companion the world renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material

This fully updated special edition of the classic complete guide to the edible species that grow around us includes a new foreword from the author and a plate section with identification guides for a

The godfather of British nature writing reflects on the conflict between cultivation and autonomous nature

Un nuevo manual puesto al día, de lectura absorbente y extraordinariamente informativo, para todos aquellos interesados en las plantas y su utilidad. Constituye un amplio compendio por sus descripciones detalladas y sus excelentes fotografias de mas de 200 especies. Una obra practica por sus apartados sobre cultivo y aplicaciones de las hierbas en la vida cotidiana, la alimentacion y la salud; y fascinante por los nuevos conocimientos cientificos que aporta sobre la eficacia y las virtudes curativas de las hierbas.

Part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, this title looks at the relationship between city and country, and how this brings out the power of nature.

Described as Britain s greatest living nature writer Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for BBC Wildlife Magazine This volume features his favourite pieces and presents a fascinating and inspiring view of the changing natural landscape in which we live Peppered throughout with references to the heritage of nature writing and great writers from Richard Jefferies and John Clare to Roger Deakin and Robert MacFarlane A Brush With Nature is part memoir part nature journal part social history giving us a unique insight into a nature lover s reflections over a quarter of a century

SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFRIES AWARD A WATERSTONES BEST NATURE WRITING BOOK OF 2024 PICKA BBC WILDLIFE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 Delightful Mabey is the doyen of UK nature writing New Statesman Both instructive and exciting often ecstatic Mabey is a great pioneering nature writer Irish Times Our greatest nature writer New ScientistWe regard gardens as our personal dominions where we can create whatever worlds we desire But they are also occupied by myriads of other organisms all with their own lives to lead The conflict between these two power bases Richard Mabey suggests is a microcosm of what is happening in the larger world Rooted in the daily dramas of his own Norfolk garden Mabey offers a different scenario where nature becomes an equal partner a gardener itself Against a background of disordered seasons he watches his accidental garden reorganising itself Ants sow cowslip seeds in the parched grass Moorhens take to nesting in trees A spectacular self seeded rose springs up in the gravel The garden becomes a place of cultural and ecological fusion and perhaps a metaphor for the troubled planet This is vintage Mabey maverick intensely observed and written with an unquenchable sense of wonder

Durante más de cincuenta años Richard Mabey ha sido una vozde referencia en la escritura moderna sobre la naturaleza. Estelibro recoge piezas a lo largo de su carrera, rastreando la continuaevolución de sus ideas, del entorno que reflejan y de la importanciade proteger la naturaleza y los ecosistemas. Sus ensayos muestran laapasionada creencia del autor que nuestro planeta es una comunidadpara todas las especies y que nuestra reconexion con el resto delmundo viviente es mas vital ahora que nunca.

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for aspiring foragers. Over 100 edible plants are listed, fully illustrated and described, together with recipes and other fascinating details on their use throughout the ages. Practical advice on how to pick along with information on countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants helps you to plan your foray with a feast in mind. This is the ideal book for both nature lovers and cooks keen to enjoy what the countryside has to offer.

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for aspiring foragers. Over 100 edible plants are listed, fully illustrated and described, together with recipes and other fascinating details on their use throughout the ages. Practical advice on how to pick along with information on countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants helps you to plan your foray with a feast in mind. This is the ideal book for both nature lovers and cooks keen to enjoy what the countryside has to offer.

One of our greatest nature writersGuardianFor over fifty years, Richard Mabey has been a pioneering voice in modern nature writing. This book collects pieces across his rich career, tracing his continually evolving ideas as much as the profound changes in our environment. From the rediscovery of food foraging in the 1970s, to reflections on the musicality of birdsong, these essays show Mabeys passionate belief that our planet is a commonwealth for all species, and that our reconnection with the living world is more vital than ever.Richard Mabey is among the best writers at work in Britain Tim DeePoised where nature meets culture, [Mabey] is knowledgeable, politically savvy and wry, and an excellent naturalistNew Statesman

PLANTES, BAIES, FRUITS, CHAMPIGNONS, ALGUES, COQUILLAGES… DE LA CUEILLETTE À L’ASSIETTE Découvrez comment identifier, récolter, et aussi cuisiner tout ce que la nature nous offre de bon et de « grat

This fully updated special edition of the classic complete guide to the edible species that grow around us includes a new foreword from the author and a plate section with identification guides for all major species. Originally published in 1972, Richard Mabeys classic foraging guide has never been out of print since. Food for Free is a complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed field identification notes and recipes. In this stunning 50th anniversary edition, Richard Mabeys updated text is accompanied by a wealth of practical information on identifying, collecting, cooking and preparing, as well as history and folklore. Informative illustrations of key species by expert botanical artists are included in a colour plate section. Beautifully written and produced in a new, readable format, Food for Free will inspire us to be more self-sufficient and make use of the natural resources around us to enhance our lives.

Sequel to the cult bestseller Food For Free, Wild Cooking is about making-do and the sheer fun of inventive cooking. Richard Mabeys sparky, offbeat book is about canny and inventive making-do, or busking in the kitchen. Whether creating a cassoulet, which uses English ingredients, making bread from chestnuts or slow-cooking a Peking duck in front of an ancient fan heater, he encourages us to be daring and imaginative in our cooking and our approach to food. Although it contains wonderful, mouth-watering recipes like broad bean hummus, pumpkin soup and fillet-steak hearts this is more than a recipe book - it is a guide to a whole new way of thinking that embraces scrumping, celebrates picnics, and revels in saving energy wherever it can, whether thats by one-pot feasts or cooling on car radiators. After all, if you care about food lifes too short not to stuff a mushroom.Previously published in hardback as The Full English Cassoulet.Learn the art of culinary busking with home-grown staples in this spirited and hands-on guide Daily Mail

In this remarkable journal of visits to Eden, Mabey transports his reader from Cornwall to the Mediterranean to the Tropics, from Old World to New, from present to personal memory, to new perspectives on our collective artistic and emotional past. Sensuous and evocative, exquisitely written, his new book challenges the reader to look differently at the world, and our place in the landscape. At the same time, Mabey is controversial in his views about what we mean by buzz words like renewable, or sustainable, and he is highly provocative in his final response to the Eden Project itself.

Britains greatest living nature writerThe TimesRediscover the extraodinary power of nature and the British wilderness, from award-winning naturalist and author Richard MabeyIn the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey, Britains foremost nature writer, fell into a severe depression. The natural world which since childhood had been a source of joy and inspiration for him became meaningless. Then, cared for by friends, he moved to East Anglia and he started to write again. Having left the cosseting woods of the Chiltern hills for the open flatlands of Norfolk, Richard Mabey found exhilaration in discovering a whole new landscape and gained fresh insights into our place in nature. Structured as intricately as a novel, a joy to read, truthful, exquisite and questing, Nature Cure is a book of hope, not just for individuals, but for our species.A brilliant, candid and heartfelt memoir...how he broke free of depression, reshaped his life and reconnected with the wild becomes nothing short of a manifesto for living...Mabeys particular vision, informed by a lifetimes reading and observation, is ultimately optimisticSunday Times