World War Foraging: Wild Foods, Recipes & Remedies That Saved Great Britain

Could you feed your family if the shops shut tomorrow? When the bombs fell and the rations ran dry, Britain turned to the hedgerows. This book explores how ordinary citizens became extraordinary foragers—gathering wild plants, brewing remedies, and surviving on knowledge as old as the land itself. Designed in the style of a wartime field manual, World War Foraging blends historical journey, survival guide, and a heartfelt tribute to the forgotten foraging front of WWI and WWII.

Key Features & Content

• Historical Survival Guide: Blends historical context of wartime foraging with practical instruction, designed like a vintage field manual.
• Wild Food Identification: Learn to identify over 100 wild foods, including nettles, dandelions, roots, berries, and mushrooms.
• Seasonal Foraging: Guidance on what to pick, pluck, and preserve across the seasons, from spring shoots to autumn fruits.
• Wartime Recipes: Instructions for cooking with wild ingredients, including rosehip syrup, bramble jam, nettle soup, and hedgerow hooch.
• Safety First: Learn to avoid deadly and deceiving plants and fungi.
• Herbal Remedies: Instructions for creating herbal salves and healing teas using foraged ingredients.
• Urban & Rural Foraging: Knowledge applicable whether foraging in fields or bombed-out city streets.
• Seaside Foraging: Includes guidance on gathering mussels, limpets, and other seaside spoils.

Specifications

• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Print Length: 330 pages
• Publication Date: May 19, 2025
• Series: The Knowledge to Forage Series
• ISBN-13: 979-8282978148
• Item Weight: 567 g
• Dimensions: 152 x 19 x 229 mm (or 15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm)
• Authors: Dane De Luca Mulandiee and Stelly De Luca Mulandiee

This book revives lost practices, blending vintage recipes and real wartime know-how into a beautiful, illustrated manual perfect for those interested in self-sufficiency, nature, and British history.