Home, Garden, and DIY
January 2021
Recent Releases
Living Without Plastic: More Than 100 Easy Swaps for Home, Travel, Dining, Holidays...
by Brigette Allen and Christine Wong

What it is: a readable guide to non-plastic alternatives in a number of areas, including food, home, health and beauty, kids and babies, pet care, and crafts. In addition, there are lovely photos, a resource list, and a 30-day plastic detox plan.

Did you know? Many chewing gums contain plastic.

Read this next: 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg; Simply Living Well by Julia Watkins. 
Pie Academy: Master the Perfect Crust and 255 Amazing Fillings, with Fruits, Nuts, Creams...
by Ken Haedrich

What it is: a comprehensive, friendly guide for bakers of all levels that includes favorite tools and ingredients, 250 recipes (including for a variety of doughs), and an illustrated, step-by-step pie-making tutorial.

Recipes include: Two-Berry Mint Pie; Cheddar-Crusted Apple Pie; Maple Pecan Pie; Amish Milk Pie; Peach Custard Pie; Fried Cherry Pies; Creamsicle Ice Cream Pie; Richard's Rice and Ricotta Pie. 
An African American Cookbook : Exploring Black History and Culture Through Traditional Foods
by Phoebe Bailey

An African American Cookbook: Exploring Black History and Culture Through Traditional Foods is a bountiful collection of favorite foods and the memories that go with them. The foods reflect the ingenious, resourceful, and imaginative Africans who made them. Woven among the four hundred recipes are rich historic anecdotes and sayings. They were discovered or lived by the cookbook&;s contributors, many of whose ancestors participated in the Underground Railroad or lived near where it was active. This is a cookbook rich in history and rich in easy-to-prepare, wonderfully tasty food!
East: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing
by Meera Sodha

What's inside: inviting, uncomplicated meat-free recipes inspired by a wide variety of Asian cuisines and covering snacks, salads, noodles, curries, rice, tofu, salads, sides, sweets, and more. There are also tips, food history, resources, and vibrant photos and illustrations.

Recipes include: Mushroom Bao; Ben Ben Noodles; Mapo Tofu; Potato Dosa; Kimchi Fried Rice; Saag Paneer; Tomato Sambol; Tandoori Broccoli; Korean Egg Bread; Cardamom Kheer. 
How to Write One Song
by Jeff Tweedy

What it is: a personable, thoughtful, and fun guide to writing one song that takes the reader, bit-by-bit, through the process and also covers creativity and inspiration.

Want a taste? "Songs, to me, are much more like individual thoughts than other works of art are. They are hard to hold on to -- airlike and ephemeral." 

About the author: Grammy Award winner Jeff Tweedy is a veteran singer, songwriter, guitarist, and a founding member of the band Wilco. 
An (almost) zero-waste life : Learning How to Embrace Less to Live More
by Megean Weldon

"An (Almost) Zero-Waste Life is an aspirational book to teach you that being zero waste isn't necessarily about zero, but more about changing the way we see the world around us, how we consume, and how we think about waste"
Fantastic filled cupcakes : kick your baking up a notch with incredible flavor combinations
by Camila Hurst

The creator of the dessert blog Pies & Tacos offers 60 decadent cupcake recipes, each with a unique, surprise filling including White Chocolate Macadamia & Caramel Fudge Cupcakes and Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Cupcakes
Rustic Farmhouse Slow Cooker : 75 Hands-Off Recipes for Hearty, Homestyle Meals
by Alli Kelley

A blogger and farmer offers 75 homey, humble and traditional meal recipes all using a slow cooker, including Sage and Thyme Braised Chuck Roast, Pork Roast with Fresh Apple Slaw and Winter Vegetable Chowder. Original. 30,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Sacred knots : create, adorn, and transform through the art of knotting
by Lise Silva Gomes

This illustrated guide to contemporary knot-making presents step-by-step instructions for knotting basics as well as the skills needed to create larger projects that focus on color and experimentation with unconventional materials. Original. Illustrations.
Complete container herb gardening : design and grow beautiful, bountiful herb-filled pots
by Sue Goetz

An herbal guru and certified horticulturist, capitalizing on the popular trend of edible, container and small-space gardening, walks readers through the ins and outs of growing fresh herbs in containers. Original. Illustrations.
Big Macs & Burgundy : Wine Pairings for the Real World
by Vanessa Price

Sancerre and Cheetos go together like milk and cookies. The science behind this unholy alliance is as elemental as acid, fat, salt, and minerals. Wine pro Vanessa Price explains how to create your own pairings while proving you don&;t necessarily need fancy foods to unlock the joys of wine. Building upon the outsize success of her weekly column in Grub Street, Price offers delightfully bold wine and food pairings alongside hilarious tales from her own unlikely journey as a Kentucky girl making it in the Big Apple and in the wine business. Using language everyone can understand, she reveals why each dynamic duo is a match made in heaven, serving up memorable takeaways that will help you navigate any wine list or local bottle shop. Charmingly illustrated and bubbling with personality, Big Macs & Burgundy will open your mind to the entirely fun and entirely accessible wine pairings out there waiting to be discovered&;and make you do a few spit-takes along the way
Fantastic Origami Sea Creatures : 20 Incredible Paper Models
by Hisao Fukui

A Japanese origami expert shows you how to create beautifully detailed aquatic wildlife through step-by-step folding instructions and photos that are intermediate to complex in terms of their level of difficulty. Illustrations.
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