In Stalking the Healthful Herbs, outdoorsman and health food pioneer Euell Gibbons guides the reader to the potential food, drink, beauty and healthcare products that exist in our gardens and certainly in the wider natural environment. Like his other books, Stalking the Wild Asparagus and Stalking the Blue Eyed Scallop, this is an eye-opener for anyone interested in ‘nature’s larder’, and a useful field book for the more adventurous cook and well-being aficionado. Reassuringly, Gibbons explains what is in the plants that makes them so useful (and safe), and his book is a lovely record of traditional knowledge that we would otherwise be in danger of losing.
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In Stalking the Healthful Herbs, outdoorsman and health food pioneer Euell Gibbons guides the reader to the potential food, drink, beauty and healthcare products that exist in our gardens and certainly in the wider natural environment. Like his other books, Stalking the Wild Asparagus and Stalking the Blue Eyed Scallop, this is an eye-opener for anyone interested in ‘nature’s larder’, and a useful field book for the more adventurous cook and well-being aficionado. Reassuringly, Gibbons explains what is in the plants that makes them so useful (and safe), and his book is a lovely record of traditional knowledge that we would otherwise be in danger of losing.