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Bees & Honey: River Cottage Handbook No.19

Hardback

Main Details

Title Bees & Honey: River Cottage Handbook No.19
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rachel de Thample
SeriesRiver Cottage Handbook
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreBeekeeping
Cookery, food and drink
Cookery by ingredient
Cakes, baking, icing and sugarcraft
ISBN/Barcode 9781408873557
ClassificationsDewey:638.1
Audience
General
Illustrations Colour photography throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
NZ Release Date 1 April 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Beekeeping is surprisingly easy; the bees are the ones that do all the hard work. In Bees & Honey, Rachel de Thample tells you everything you need to know about setting up a hive in both rural and urban locations, keeping happy and healthy bees and harvesting golden pots of honey for use in your kitchen. This practical handbook will enable you to establish a colony of honeybees and understand exactly what is going on inside the hive. You'll be guided through the bee's year month-by-month, and be given instructions for sustainably harvesting the products of their hard work. And once you have retrieved your first pot of delicious honey, there are recipes for cakes and buns, sauces and marinades, and drinks and tonics, as well as some creative ideas for using the beeswax. With an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and plenty of clear step-by-step photography, this book will be the only one you ever need on the art of keeping bees.

Author Biography

Rachel de Thample has worked in the kitchens of Marco Pierre White, Heston Blumenthal and Peter Gordon. She is the author of More Veg, Less Meat, FIVE, Tonics & Teas and Gifts from the Modern Larder. She's served as Commissioning Editor of Waitrose Food Illustrated and Head of Food for the pioneering organic box scheme Abel & Cole. Rachel currently runs preserving and fermentation courses at River Cottage in Devon and is author of Fermentation and Bees & Honey in the River Cottage Handbook series. She lives in Crystal Palace, London, where she has helped set up numerous local food initiatives, including the award-winning Crystal Palace Food Market.