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Home, Garden, and DIY March 2019
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| Creating Sanctuary: Sacred Garden Spaces, Plant-Based Medicine, and Daily... by Jessi Bloom; photographs by Shawn LinehanWhat it is: a practical and inspirational book that clearly explains how to better connect with nature by creating a peaceful space in your own backyard that incorporates plants, benches, lanterns, and more.
Don't miss: profiles of 50 special plants, such as bee balm, including their medicinal properties and self-care uses. |
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| Home Cheese Making: From Fresh and Soft to Firm, Blue, Goat's Milk, and More... by Ricki CarrollWhat it is: a thoroughly updated 4th edition of the bestselling classic by "Cheese Queen" Ricki Carroll that covers cheesemaking (ingredients, equipment, techniques, etc.), troubleshooting, cheese recipes (Farmhouse Cheddar, Cream Cheese, and more), and recipes that include cheese (like Goat Cheese and Honey Ice Cream).
Did you know? Two hundred years ago in the U.S., all cheese was homemade. |
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| The C.H.A.O.S.* Cure: Clean Your House and Calm Your Soul in 15 Minutes by Marla Cilley (aka The FlyLady)Who it's for: Readers who are overwhelmed by C.H.A.O.S (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) and who'd like an upbeat guide to cleaning, tidying, and developing habits to make home life easier.
Sections include: "The Genius of Sticky Notes and Other Simple Systems;" "Perfection Is Like Quicksand;" "Extinguish Your Hot Spots;" "Laundering Lessons;" "Perfectly Imperfect Cooking;" and "Refresh Your Home, Refresh You." |
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Madhur Jaffrey's essential Indian Instant Pot cookbook
by Madhur Jaffrey
For more than forty years, Madhur Jaffrey has been revered as the “queen of Indian cooking” (Saveur). Here she shares inviting, easy-to-follow recipes—some entirely new, others reworked from her classic cookbooks—for preparing fantastic Indian food in the Instant Pot. While these dishes are quick and easy to prepare, they retain all the rich complexity for which Jaffrey’s food has always been known, making this the only Indian cookbook with recipes designed for the Instant Pot you’ll ever need.
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Korean home cooking : Classic and Modern Recipes
by Sohui Kim
The restaurateur behind Brooklyn's The Good Fork and Insa offers recipes for delicious, traditional Korean dishes including Soondubu (Silken Tofu Stew With Seafood), Tteok-Mandu Guk (Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup) and Yukhwe (Korean Steak Tartar). 25,000 first printing.
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Let's eat France
by François-Régis Gaudry
A French food critic offers recipes, profiles, and photographs of the best things to eat and drink in his country in a comprehensive food bible that offers a region-by-region index of famed cheeses, charcuterie and bakeries. 25,000 first printing.
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Gardenlust : a botanical tour of the world's best new gardens
by Christopher Woods
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 including the Geelong Botanic Gardens, Sunnylands Center and Gardens and the Golden Rock Inn.
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The Spicy Food Lovers’ Cookbook : Fiery, No-Fuss Meals
by Michael Hultquist
Calling all chiliheads! Become a master of spice with these 75 easy recipes for big, bold flavor. Mike Hultquist, creator of the blog Chili Pepper Madness and author of The Spicy Dehydrator Cookbook, takes you head first into the wide world of all things spicy. Explore peppers, like poblanos, jalapeños and cayennes, along with spice blends, hot sauces and more. As you cook your way through exciting, spice-rich cuisines like Mexican, Italian and Indian, you’ll discover how simple it is to layer pepper varieties and spices for incredible depth of flavor.
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Elements of Family Style : Elegant Spaces for Everyday Life
by Erin Gates
Loved by her readers for her chic interior designs and frank and funny revelations about life behind the scenes of her picture-perfect blog, bestselling author and designer Erin Gates presents a new book about how to live stylishly amidst the chaos of daily family life. Throughout her career designing homes for families of all kinds all over the country, Erin has always maintained that living with children and pets does not mean that you have to forego nice things. This uniquely personal and practical guide will explain how to create a home that makes you proud and reflects your own style while also being durable, safe, and comfortable for children. It focuses on the spaces families share, those that are dedicated to the kids, and the oft-forgotten retreats for parents.
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The 100 most Jewish foods : a highly debatable list
by Alana Newhouse
The founder of the online magazine Tablet presents a collection of culturally and historically significant foods of the Jewish people, with essays, stories and recipes from leading food-culture personalities meant to stimulate debate and discussion. 25,000 first printing
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Woodworking with power tools : tools, techniques & projects
by Fine Woodworking
"Power tools and machinery are at the heart of any woodshop, and this collection of information from Fine Woodworking provides expert advice and inspiration for building power tool skills. Expert craftsmen and craftswomen explain how they choose, maintain, and use every kind of power tool, from tablesaws to plunge routers, bandsaws to bench planers. There's advice on tool maintenance, techniques for getting the most from your tools, and projects made using power tools. With clear photographs, drawings, and step-by-step instructions, Woodworking with Power Tools will be an essential resource for anyone who works wood"
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Beautifully Organized : A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home
by Nikki Boyd
In Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home, Nikki Boyd shares her best advice for how to create an organized, beautiful, and welcoming home. Nikki developed and honed her five essential steps to an organized home through her experience working as a professional organizer.
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| Naturally Sweet: Bake All Your Favorites with 30% to 50% Less Sugar by America's Test KitchenWhat it is: a baking science-filled offering from the wonderful folks at America's Test Kitchen that includes 120 recipes for delicious baked goods (muffins, quick breads, cookies, bars, cakes, pies, puddings, frozen treats, and more) that -- amazingly -- contain less sugar than standard recipes and rely only on natural alternatives to white sugar.
Recipes include: Almond Biscotti; Blueberry Cheesecake; Chai Oat Scones; Honey Buns; Chocolate Pound Cake; and Peach Cobbler. |
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Sweet : our best cupcakes, cookies, candy, and more
by Food Network Magazine
Collected from the pages of Food Network Magazine, an array of recipes include instructions and photographs for making gorgeous cakes, cookies, cupcakes, candy and frozen desserts.
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