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

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

The sustainable and ethical art of the forager is laced with fascinating folklore and steeped in history. With photographs to help you safely identify edible plants, advice on what is available each season and how best to prepare and preserve your finds, this is the essential guide to enjoying the bountiful delights of the hedgerows.

In The Forager's Kitchen Handbook, expert forager and cook Fiona Bird shares the knowledge she has gained from years of gathering food from the land.

Collins Complete Guide to British Muchrooms and Toadstools allows everyone to identify mushrooms found in Britain and Ireland. The book is illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout, featuring the species you are most likely to see.

A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artworks, field identification notes and recipes.

Discover the wonders of wild food, from berries to fresh salad leaves to nuts and hips all of which are free on our doorstep. The authors behind the Wild at Heart company show you how to identify and cook a range of wild foods, from jams, jellies and chutneys to starters, main courses, cakes, puds, cocktails and cordials.

This foraging companion is designed to be taken with you on your adventures into the hedgerows all year round. Arranged by season, the book includes clear photographs to aid plant identification, ideas on how best to prepare and preserve your finds, fascinating foraging and plant folklore, and handy pages to make your own notes and drawings.