How to grow or gather herbal plants and use them for cookery, health and beauty.
A unique photographic guide to herbs and plants from all over the world which are grown for their healing and culinary properties.
Over 400 plants are illustrated in colour, making this the most comprehensively illustrated book on the subject. It includes descriptions of the plants' distinctive features for identification - and botanical information showing where each is found and how to grow it yourself or gather it from the wold.
The text relates the history of the plant, describes its traditional uses in cooking, medicine or cosmetics and, where appropriate, details modern research supporting long held beliefs about the efficacy of the plant.
