Foraging is one of the last wild acts of defiance against the concrete world. Humans versus humanoids. It's a crack in the dam,a chink of light,wild food nourishes your very soul.
Mo Wilde made a quiet but radical pledge: to live only off foraged food for an entire year. In a world disconnected from its roots,eating wild food is both culinary and healing,social and political. This is the story of that year.
Set against the backdrop of climate change,Brexit and the impending recession,The Wilderness Cure is a diary of a wild experiment; a timely,important and inspiring memoir which is a love letter to the natural world.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9781398508637Number of pages: 368Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 27 mm
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"The Wilderness Cure,her diary of the year,is many things: an unpreachy manifesto,a recipe book,a celebration of friendship,a passionate love song to the wild,a textbook of empathy,a cabinet of ecological curiosities,a masterclass in how to tread softly,a survival guide,a journal of quiet epiphanies,a primer on the art of relationship,a meditation on the significance of mycelial networks,a map of the collective unconscious,an impeccably researched account of many of the medical perils of modernity,an inquiry into the healing power of the natural world and an evolving reflection on what it means to be a human... The Wilderness Cureis a triumph: brave,candid,kind,heartbroken by our stupidity and rapacity,suffused with the pain of bereavement at our loss of relationship with the non-human world,but suffused too with hope. For there is a way back. We'd better find it soon."'With the seductively readable style that comes only from the light poetism of wisdom and knowledge speaking from the heart,Monica Wilde relates the story of a year eating nothing but wild food. The result is a masterly work of information and erudition,one from which I am still buzzing with the pleasure of its reading.''Mo Wilde's story of foraging for food and medicine is an inspiration to us all. She brings home the need so many of us have for the wild redeemer as a part of our diet and our lives.''Fascinating,inspiring,brave and beautifully written - all is not lost.''Mo Wilde has retraced (our ancestors) steps....Adelightfully humble,funny and wise guide,(Mo) leaves tentative footprints for us to follow. Perhaps if we do that,we can all make it home in time.''Mo Wilde'syear is an inspiration. What an incredible woman and an even more impressive book.''This book is utterly fascinating,and written in a wildly refreshingmanner. Though embarking on such a wholesome journey,Modoesn'tsugar-coatthe difficulties however,she also celebrates the many positive sides,(offering) advice on how we could better live,without ever preaching.''The person who returns (from this journey) is not the same. Something else has returned with her,something that now lives in the world and is food for the soul's journey.'
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