Reader’s Digest Pocket Guide to Herbs

“Botanically, a herb is any plant whose stems die down completely in winter.” This is the first line of the book’s introduction and already we know more than we did yesterday about herbs. Written by Kenneth A. Beckett and Tom Stobbart with illustrations by Elsie Wrigley, The Reader’s Digest Pocket Guide to Herbs is a useful (and gorgeous) book to have to hand — with so many people turning more to growing and cooking their own food at the moment, understanding herbs beyond the pots and packages from the supermarket can be as satisfying to the mind as to the tongue.

Written by Kenneth A. Beckett and Tom Stobbart with illustrations by Elsie Wrigley, The Reader’s Digest Pocket Guide to Herbs is a handy collection for anyone who eats. Taking you through the cultivation of herbs, the herb garden, the use of herbs and ending with a selection of recipes, it aims This book was picked up in a charity shop in Dunkeld.