Edible Seashore - John Wright
River Cottage Handbook No.5
KORTE INHOUD
For the forager, the seashore holds surprising culinary potential. In this authoritative, witty book John Wright takes us on a trip to the seaside. But before introducing us to the various species to be harvested, he touches on such practicalities as conservation and the ethics of foraging; safety from tides, rocks and food poisoning; the law and access to the shore, our right to fish, landing sizes and seasons; and equipment such as nets, pots and hooks. Next comes the nitty-gritty: all the main British seashore species that one might be tempted to eat. The conservation status, taste and texture, availability, seasonality, habitat, collecting technique and biology of each species is covered; there are also quite a few gratuitous but fascinating diversions. The species covered include crustacea (brown shrimp, common crab, lobster, prawn, shore crab, spider crab, squat lobster, velvet swimming crab); molluscs (clams, cockle, dog whelk, limpet, mussel, oyster, razor cla
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2010 Uitgever: Bloomsbury USA 240 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0747595313 ISBN-13: 9780747595311Koop dit boek tweedehands
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River Cottage Handbook no. 5. Bound in boards, 240 pp., ill. with colour photos, with recipes, 13x20x2 cm, traces of use on cover, in very good condition. [Auteur: Wright, John] [Uitgever: Bloomsbury: London, 2009] [Titel: The River Cottage Edible Seashore Handbook]
