A unique and lavishly illustrated cookbook exploring wild plants, how to forage them and how to use them in food and drink.

Natasha Lloyd invites readers to delve into the treasure trove which plants can offer with a stunning selection of recipes exploring the bounty of individual plants, and how to use them in the kitchen.

The recipes in the book are twists on traditional condiments, along with modern cocktails ingredients and everyday drinks, all made with wild plants. These include pear and dandelion root chutney, beetroot and hogweed seed sauce, limeflower tonic water and hawthorn bitters, as well as many more.

The book also provides a fascinating introduction to the traditional Scottish uses of the plants, as well as information pertaining to clinical and scientific findings on each wild plant. Through her thoughtful discussion of Scotland's connection to the land, Lloyd invites readers to consider readers about their own relationship with nature, through connecting with the plants themselves.

Foraged Condiments will guide reader in connecting with each plant at a deeper level, from an author who has dedicated her life to connecting with nature through foraging wild food.

About the Author

Natasha Lloyd grew up around the joys of plants learning from her mother and a well thumbed copy of A Modern Herbal by Mrs Grieves, foraging with her mum since she was a child.

She had a croft and a small holding before qualifying in Herbal Medicine in 2013. With the harvests from her mother's allotment and once older, from her own croft and smallholding, she would make condiments.

In 2018 she joined the team at the Fife Arms Hotel where she initially helped create and make the condiments for the hotel, as well as the first cocktail menu as the in-house forager. She now takes guests on foraging walks. She qualified in medicinal mushrooms in 2021.

Her clinics are with Napiers working remotely for the general clinic in Edinburgh and for the CLAID (Covid,Lyme and Infectious diseases), an integrated and research clinic.

She was appointed a director of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in 2023 and Finance lead in 2024.

She lives in the Cairngorms in Scotland with her two dogs and cat, and you can often find her roaming the hills looking for plants and fungi enjoying being out in nature.

Book Information
ISBN 9781912807987
Author Natasha Lloyd
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Aeon Books Ltd
Publisher Aeon Books Ltd