Hunter Gather Cook Handbook

Hunter Gather Cook Handbook combines accessible and inspirational instruction for foraging, game, and fire cookery with over 40 recipes for the finest wild food. This new gift edition aims to set the reader on a fulfilling, lifelong path of culinary adventures and food DIY, inspiring them to embrace the lifestyle of the 21st-century hunter-gatherer.

With clear guides to foraging wild plants and fungi, and extensive information on deer, rabbit, pheasant, partridge, wood pigeon, and duck, including hunting and butchery, it makes wild food accessible and aims to remove any sense of trepidation. For readers who already consider themselves well versed in the ways of the 21st-century hunter-gatherer, it hopes to extend their culinary repertoire and elevate their experimentation and enjoyment.

This handbook includes methods of making and cooking with fire, such as clay ovens and Swedish log candles. It features illustrated butchery guides and recipes for deer, rabbit, pigeon, partridge, pheasant, and duck. Additionally, it offers advice on foraging, wild plant and mushroom identification guides, and recipes for sauces, sides, and basics.

Nick Weston, the author, specialised in Hunter-gatherer Studies and the Mesolithic as part of his Archaeology degree. He has written for numerous publications and set up a successful company, Hunter Gather Cook, which operates as a school for foraging, butchery, cooking, and bushcraft. Nick resides in Lewes, UK.

Written by well-known wild food chef Nick Weston and featuring photographs by award-winning photographer David Loftus, this handbook includes over 40 recipes with extensive information on foraging, game, and fire cookery — a growing trend showcased through 85 colour photographs.