Extreme Food: What to Eat When Your Life Depends on It – A Guide to Wilderness Survival and Foraging by Bear Grylls

I was really excited to get this book because I am actively improving my wilderness survival skills. It arrived soon and I read it in just a few days. It is straight forward, simple to read, and even reads as if Bear Grylls himself is talking to the reader. I like that. I already put to use some of the info in fire building and eating raw live crickets and grasshoppers. Bear gives ample warnings and cautions about eating certain things raw. The information in this book is usefull around the world in all different climates and geographies. It is an EXCELLENT book that is very useful to quickly gain knowledge about what to eat in the wilderness.

on time and as advertised, thanx

This book just doesn't tell you what to eat, but how to get it, clean it, cook it and save it if possible. And explains different knots and ways to be better prepared for what can come your way in the wild. An absolute must have with very valuable knowledge.

Excellent book! Filled with very useful information. Goes well beyond what you can and cannot eat, has lots of info on how to fish and trap in survival situations. Good clear illustrations as well. Very pleased with my purchase.

This book is exactly what you think it is, and it has great information for beginners and experts alike

Well, I hope I never have to find/catch/eat some of the stuff in the book, but it's nice to know I might be able to if I had to...I guess. Well written and funny when it needs to be and serious when it has to be. How can you not like Bear Grylls?

With images and detailed directions, this book is more then a basic, but a reliable guide for those who want to test themselves out in nature.

Great book with complete info about survival food and how to cook it, transport it and store it.

Amazing book , learn new words, technique, how to survive in the wild area and the chapter of knife/spear is so fabulous

Bear Grylls hat mit diesem Buch es geschafft nicht nur einen Survival-Guide zu schaffen,sondern zugleich auch ein ungewöhnliches Kochbuch zu kreieren.Man kriegt nicht nur Informationen bezüglich Insekten,Reptilien und anderem,sondern auch ein paar Rezepte,wie man sie zubereiten kann. Da Ich die ganze Zeit nach diesem Buch gesucht habe,bin Ich sehr zufrieden damit.

I just love this book. For too long I've been ignorant of survival dining, not so much as a result of an apprehension about trying out some of the , albeit, more unorthodox fare on offer in the wild, but because of not more fully exploring and experiencing such a diverse menu and skill set as is freely available in my own environment. I may never find myself in an authentic survival situation but the knowledge within this book would, without doubt, give me much more confidence in my ability to survive should I ever be so unfortunate. Having watched practically every programme that Bear has produced about survival I won't deny that the prospect of having to consider some of his culinary choices as a means to ensuring life saving certainty somewhat off putting. That said, Extreme Food, has, to a greater degree, emboldened my survivalist instincts while at the same time lessening the propensity to exclude less appetising sustenance. As the old saying goes "needs must when the devil drives", so it should be said that needs must for the will to survive which this knowledgeable tome promotes at the turn of every page. Would recommend this book to any new/long term prepper and experienced survivalist.

Awesome book! I was just hoping it would have a few more color illustrations,

Sehr hilfreiches Buch zum Thema, Nahrung direkt aus der Natur. Es ist jedoch kein Buch zum Nachschlagen oder um auf eine Tour mitzunehmen. Es gibt kein Farbbilder, weswegen man die genannten Pflanzen und Pilze erst in anderer Literatur nachschlagen muss. Leider ist es auch nur auf Englisch verfügbar. Die Namen der Pflanzen und die dazugehörigen Spezialbegriffe sind aber auch für jemanden der viel und flüssig Englisch spricht meist unbekannt. Man muss also insgesamt einiges nachschauen. Dafür lernt man auch noch sprachlich dazu ;-). Was auch sehr schön ist, ist dass nicht hunderte von essbaren Pflanzen und Pilzen aufgezählt wurden sondern erstmal die wichtigsten damit man sich erstmal darauf konzentriert. Dadurch wird das Thema sehr übersichtlich und man hat einen guten Startpunkt.Insgesamt ein gelungenes Buch zur Einführung in das Thema "Extreme Food". Um Experte zu werden muss man zusätzlich Literatur heranziehen und vor allem rausgehen und sich umschauen.