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Home, Garden, and DIY January 2019
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| Ground Rules: 100 Easy Lessons for Growing a More Glorious Garden by Kate FreyWhat it is: a vibrant guide to creating pleasing, personalized gardens using a sustainable approach, illustrated with beautiful photos.
Rules include: make a list of plants or colors you like; be lavish with containers; learn to hydrozone; never, ever plant invasives!
Want a taste? "A garden must work well within its local conditions and the framework of your life." |
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The Comfort Food Mash-Up Cookbook
by Dan Whalen
What it is: 80 recipes that merge two classic recipes into a unique mouthwatering dish.
Recipes include: Mashups like Breakfast Ramen, Breadstick Calzones, Corn Dog Jalapeño Poppers, Reuben Tots, Devour Buffalo Chicken Pad Thai and Chili Risotto.
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The bullet journal method : track the past, order the present, design the future
by Ryder Carroll
What it's about: The inventor of the Bullet Journal organizational system shows us how to track the past, order the present and design the future, providing the structure needed to go from passenger and pilot of your own life.
Is it for you? Carroll wrote this book for frustrated list-makers, overwhelmed multitaskers, and creatives who need some structure.
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Delicate crochet : 23 light and pretty designs for shawls, tops and more
by Sharon Hernes Silverman
What's inside: The shawls, cardigans, tops, and other designs in this collection are light as a feather, super soft, and made to drape beautifully across your body.
About the author: Sharon Silverman is the author of seventeen crochet books. She was a featured guest on HGTV’s fiber arts show, “Uncommon Threads” and is an instructor for Annie’s Crafts online classes.
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| Sweet Home Cafe Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking by Albert G. Lukas and Jessica Harris; contributions by Jerome GrantWhat's inside: over 100 traditional and new recipes (organized by region) and food history, all informed by the (U.S.) National Museum of African American History and its popular Sweet Home Café.
Recipes include: Field Green Salad, Hoppin' John, Maryland Crab Cakes, Jamaican Grilled Jerk Chicken, and Banana Pudding.
For fans of: Michael Twitty, Carla Hall, and Todd Richards. |
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The Real Simple method to organizing every room : and how to keep it that way
by Real Simple
What's inside: Practical, time-saving tips on how to regain control of a messy home, covering such areas as decluttering, creating storage and using helpful organizational apps.
Contents include: How to decide what should stay and what should go, and organizing every room in your house one by one, including outdoor spaces.
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| Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life by Kate McDermottWhat it is: a popular primer on pie (both savory and sweet) by a self-taught home baker who reminisces about her life; recommends ingredients, methods, and tools; provides detailed instructions for making crusts; and discusses life lessons we can learn from making pie.
Recipes include: Cookie Crumb Crust, Vegan Pie Dough, Buttermilk Pie, Pie Pops, English Pork Pies, and Apple Quince Pie. |
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| The Book of Greens: A Cook's Compendium of 40 Varieties, from Arugula to Watercress... by Jenn Louis with Kathleen SquiresWhat it is: an IACP Award-winning guide to greens that includes information on origin, season, flavor, and nutrition, along with tips on buying, storing, and cleaning, as well as 150 recipes.
Recipes include: Swiss Chard Polenta; Green Pancakes; Slow-Braised Spigarello; Coconut Milk Rice Porridge with Tatsoi; Kimchi Soda; and Lettuce and Carrot Cake. |
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Bacon 24/seven : recipes for curing, smoking, and eating
by Theresa Gilliam
What it is: Describes the steps required to cure and smoke bacon at home and offers recipes for bacon dishes both savory and sweet.
Recipes include: Pasta Carbonara, Pork Belly Hash with Kale and Sweet Potatoes and Apple Pie with Bacon Strudel.
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Purely Pumpkin : More Than 100 Wholesome Recipes to Share, Savor, and Warm Your Kitchen
by Allison Day
What it's about: With savory and sweet recipes for all meals of the day--including a mouthwatering pumpkin dessert chapter--it’s the cookbook your home shouldn’t be without during the fall and winter months. Utilizing pumpkin flesh, pumpkin puree, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin spice, pumpkin seed oil, and heirloom pumpkins, there’s something in Purely Pumpkin for every craving, festivity, time constraint, and cooking level.
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