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Home, Garden, and DIY March 2019
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Pastry School : 101 Step-by-Step Recipes
by Le Cordon Bleu
What it is: Le Cordon Bleu is the highly renowned, world famous cooking school noted for the quality of its culinary courses. In this book there are 100 illustrated recipes, explained step-by-step with 1400 photographs.
Reviewers say: "A worthy primer for anyone desiring to produce pastries in the French tradition. This book will challenge and delight the committed, experienced home baker; its lavish illustrations make it a delight to peruse." (Library Journal)
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| Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles: An Easy, Innovative Technique... by Melissa LeapmanWhat it is: a popular knit designer's innovative seven-step guide to creating a variety of customized shawl and wrap designs using the wedge shape as a starting point.
Who it's for: experienced knitters looking for unique ideas.
Reviewers say: "delightful" (Publishers Weekly); the author "knows her audience well" (Booklist). |
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Craftfulness : mend yourself by making things
by Rosemary Davidson
What it does: Integrating mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology and creativity research, the authors offer a thought-provoking and surprising reconsideration of craft, and how making things with one's hands can connect people to their deepest selves and improve their overall happiness.
Why you might like it: "Many makers find that they are unable to pin themselves down to just one type of pursuit, and this book celebrates and encourages that." (Booklist)
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Dinner for everyone : 100 iconic dishes made 3 ways--easy, vegan, or perfect for company
by Mark Bittman
What it's about: Shares shortcut, vegan and company adaptations of 100 meals, from Cauliflower Tinga Tacos to Pomegranate-Glazed Eggplant, in a lavishly photographed culinary reference by the James Beard Award-winning author of How to Cook Everything.
Why you might like it: This cookbook is perfect for our modern lives, where out friends and family have different dietary plans and we need recipes to satisfy one and all.
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Gardenlust : a botanical tour of the world's best new gardens
by Christopher Woods
What it's about: A renowned gardening authority explores the world's most beautiful gardens in an illustrated guide to over 50 locations in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.
Why you might like it: This book "features many large, jaw-dropping photos of each garden, accompanied by descriptive essays that discuss thoughtfully, cogently, and often humorously the recurring themes of nature, urbanization, ethnobotany, and the importance of native flora." (Library Journal)
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The Martha manual : how to do (almost) everything
by Martha Stewart
What it is: An authoritative handbook by the domestic-lifestyle expert shares hundreds of ideas and instructions for homemaker skills, from transporting a decorated cake and folding an American flag to playing a classic lawn game and bathing a cat.
Is it for you? "Visually appealing and packed with inspiring ideas and lucid instructions, this delightfully useful manual will be a shoo-in for inclusion in any Stewart fan's home library." (Library Journal)
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Cozy minimalist home : more style, less stuff
by Myquillyn Smith
What it's about: A popular Nesting Place blogger explains that cozy doesn’t have to mean cluttered and minimal doesn’t have to mean cold in her latest decorating guide for real life.
What it does: Prompts you to think about spaces you see: "What about this room draws me in? What ideas can I steal for my own use?"
Why you might like it: You'll find ways to get started, prompts to spark your creativity, before and after pictures, and photos of the author's own home.
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