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Home, Garden, and DIY March 2018
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How to Roast Everything: A Game-Changing Guide to Building Flavor in Meat, Vegetables, and More
by America's Test Kitchen
What it is: editors at America's Test Kitchen focus on one of the most accessible cooking methods: roasting.
Recipes include: Pan-Roasted Chicken With Shallot-Thyme Sauce, Oven-Roasted Salmon Fillets with Tangerine and Ginger Relish, and 100-plus recipes for poultry, pork, beef, lamb, and seafood (including a lengthy chapter on using an outdoor grill's indirect heat to roast), plus 34 vegetable- and fruit-only recipes.
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| Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings, Stir-fries... by Hsiao-Ching ChouWhat it is: a cookbook that just might replace your take-out menus. Written by a talented chef whose parents ran a Chinese restaurant in Missouri and taught her traditional Chinese homecooking, Chinese Soul Food covers key ingredients, techniques, equipment and more.
Recipes include: Pork and Chinese Cabbage Dumplings, Green Onion Pancakes, Spring Rolls, Hot and Sour Soup, Mongolian Beef, Mu Shu Pork, Cashew Chicken, and Chou's famous Pot Stickers. |
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| Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix: 238 New Plants to Shake Up Your Garden and... by Niki JabbourWho it's for: gardeners who want to branch out and grow unusual vegetables. Using a "Like this? Then try this!" approach, Jabbour describes all sorts of veggies that readers may never had heard of -- and gives growing instructions. Lovely, colorful photos enhance the friendly writing style.
Want a taste? If you like cherry tomatoes, Jabbour recommends you try ground cherries, Cape gooseberries, tomatillas, and less familiar varieties of cherry tomatoes, such as the sweet Snow White. |
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| The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from... by Margareta MagnussonWhat it is: a charming (really!) look at decluttering from a Swedish point of view that's especially helpful if you are downsizing or have reached a certain period of life.
Read it for: commonsense musings and advice from a pleasant guide who's "somewhere between 80 and 100 years old."
Want a taste? "Death clearning is not about dusting or mopping up; it is about a permanent form of organization that makes your everyday life run more smoothly."
This title is also available as an ebook. |
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| How to Hygge: The Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life by Signe JohansenFeaturing: home advice, lifestyle tips, lovely photos, and a wide variety of recipes (both sweet and savory). This engaging book by a Norwegian chef and writer uses the concept of hygge to demonstrate how readers can embrace cozy in all areas of their lives.
Chapters include: Outdoor Pursuits, The Nordic Kitchen, Healthy Hedonism, Design & Home, and Kinship, Conviviality & Openness. |
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| The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik WikingWhat it is: a cheerful look at how to be happy by bringing more hygge into your life. Offering practical advice (lighting a candle equals instant hygge) and thoughtful ideas, this little book can help readers find big pleasures in small comforts.
Author alert: Meik Wiking is the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen (where they light candles in the office every day); he wrote this book to explore hygge's connection to happiness. If you like his style, check out his latest, The Little Book of Lykke.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Carrollton Public Library 1700 Keller Springs Road, Carrollton Texas 75006 4220 North Josey Lane, Carrollton Texas 75010 |
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