Let’s Eat Weeds!: a kids’ guide to foraging
From salads to main dishes, edible weeds are delicious! Find out how to identify them, where and when to find them, and how to cook them.
Ever thought weeds were just pesky plants to pull out and throw away? Think again! This informative, funny, and beautiful book will show you just how great edible weeds can taste. Learn to smell your way to an angled onion, bake weeds ‘n’ cheese pie, and safely harvest the juicy fruits of a prickly pear.
This is the ultimate companion for the young urban or rural forager. Once you’ve read it, you’ll start to see food all around you, every time you go for a walk.
Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb’s love of weeds bursts from every page. It is their sincere hope that this book ends up smeared with mud and stained with blackberry juice. Let’s get foraging!
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Ages 5–10 | 250mm × 200mm | 72pp | CMYK | Spot UV on cover with grain embossing
Authors: Annie Raser-Rowland & Adam Grubb
Illustrator: Evie Barrow
AUD$24.99 (Hardback)
AU Edition (Hardback) | AUD$24.99
Publication Date: 31 Aug 2021
ISBN: 9781922310866
‘The pair’s personable style makes you feel like you’re out on a wander with them, and the recipes and descriptions of flavours will make you want to jump up and go straight into your kitchen, via your own weedy garden. […] The delicate, rich renderings of the plants manage to merge a pencil-soft feel with a vintage scientific style, coming together in a book that is as beautiful as it is motivating.’
—Anica-Boulanger-Mashberg, Books + Publishing
‘We love Let's Eat Weeds! This informative, funny, and beautiful book will show you just how great edible weeds can taste.’
—The Younger Sun
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Annie Raser-Rowland is a horticulturalist and writer. She works at CERES nursery in Melbourne, giving people advice on how to grow lots of tomatoes.
Adam Grubb runs Very Edible Gardens in Naarm/Melbourne and also co-founded EnergyBulletin.net (now Resilience.org) and the Permablitz movement.
Let's Eat Weeds website
Evie Barrow is a character-driven artist and illustrator passionate about inclusive and artful picture books for both kids and adults. She lives in Naarm/Melbourne with her husband and their sun-worshipping cat, Millie. Her hand-drawn style celebrates colour and personality while exploring the textures and imperfections made by hand. Coloured pencils are her favourite tool. When done sharpening said pencils, she enjoys glimpsing the spotted doves that regularly visit her courtyard, reading and walking around the neighbourhood.
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