The Seaweed Collector's Handbook

The Seaweed Collector's Handbook is a book filled with seaweed of all colours; immortalized in painting, praised in literature, emerged in fashion and fabric designs, prepared in tasty and nutritious dishes, supplemented with wholesome seaweed recipes from various continents. In an entertaining, poetic and astonishing cultural history of the most sensual family of water plants, Miek points out all of the hidden aspects of these elegant inhabitants of the sea.

The book contains sixty illustrations in full colour, some of which are made by the author. 

The Seaweed Collector's Handbook was shortlisted for the Jan Wolkers Prijs for best nature writing in the Netherlands.

hardcover with dust jacket / full colour
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 196 x 140 x 23 mm 
English translation: Michele Hutchison
ISBN: 9781788165464 
Profile Books 2020

£ 12.99