Winner of the John Avery Award at the André Simon Awards 2022 'A triumph' The TLS 'This special
and magical book has changed the way I see the world' Dan Saladino 'Inspiration and delight
sparkle from every page ... This book [is] a revelation of joy to the general reader for whom
wild food is another country' John Wright author of the River Cottage handbooks A captivating
and lyrical journey into our ancestral past through what and how we eat. Mo Wilde made a quiet
but radical pledge: to live only off free foraged food for an entire year. In a world
disconnected from its roots eating wild food is both culinary and healing social and
political. Ultimately it is an act of love and community. Using her expert knowledge of botany
and mycology Mo follows the seasons to find nutritious food from hundreds of species of plants
fungi and seaweeds and in the process learns not just how to survive but how to thrive.
Nourishing her body and mind deepens her connection with the earth - a connection that we have
become estranged from but which we all deep down hunger for. This hunger is about much more
than food. It is about accepting and understanding our place in a natural network that is both
staggeringly complex and beautifully simple. THE WILDERNESS CURE is a diary of a wild
experiment a timely and inspiring memoir which explores a deeper relationship between humans
and nature and reminds us of the important lost lessons from our past.
