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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2018
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Food for life : delicious & healthy comfort food from my table to yours!
by Laila Ali
The four-time boxing world champion, cooking personality and passionate health advocate shares 100 hearty and flavor-focused recipes that can be prepared around busy, demanding schedules, in a collection of personal favorites that includes Coconut Chicken Curry, The Greatest-of-All-Time Burger and Not-Your Mama's Sweet Potato Pie.
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| Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book by The Editors of Vogue Knitting MagazineWhat it is: an updated edition of a beloved knitting reference with over 1600 color images, step-by-step illustrations, and totally new sections that address designing sweaters, shawls, and accessories.
Reviewers say: "Trust Vogue" (Booklist); "an essential addition to the knitter's bookshelf" (Library Journal). |
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| The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard by Susan MorrisonWhy you should read it: It takes a lifestyle-based approach to garden design that'll help aspiring gardeners turn their modest-sized yards into personalized spaces.
What's inside: inspiring color photographs, thoughtful questions, and suggestions for livable, low-maintenance designs using appropriate plants, furniture, and hardscaping. |
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| The Flower-Powered Garden: Supercharge Your Borders and Containers with Bold... by Andy VernonFeaturing: floral color schemes, a florapedia of 50 gorgeous plants, information on planting and growing, beautiful photographs, and stories about why British producer Andy Vernon loves color.
Is it for you? Yes, if you'd like more colorful blooms in your garden and need an enthusiastic gardener to help you. |
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James Beard Award Winners |
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| Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran... by Naomi DuguidWhy you should read it: Delicious recipes plus stories from Naomi Duguid's travels as well as compelling photographs, facts about the five countries she visited, and an annotated bibliography make this book a James Beard winner in the International category.
Recipes include: Cabbage Dolmas, Spinach Borani, Kurdish White Beans, Mint Dumplings, Tabriz Meatball Soup, Beef Stew with Onion and Tomato, Marinated Pork Kabobs, Fruit Leather, and Cardamom Cookies. |
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The food lab : better home cooking through science
by J. Kenji López-Alt
Collects easy-to-prepare, illustrated recipes for practicing simple, fool-proof techniques, based on the science of cooking, for creating great food, including blanching, defatting stock, emulsions, and knife skills
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| You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals by Ellie KriegerWhat it is: a collection of freezer-friendly and make-ahead dishes that are both easy to make and good for you (which helped it win the James Beard Award in Health); storing and reheating instructions are included as needed for each recipe.
Recipes include: Blueberry-Chia Overnight Oats in Jars, Pumpkin Waffles, Pulled Pork Tacos, Cod and Potato Cakes, Black Bean Veggie Burger, and Almond-Crusted Chicken Tenders. |
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