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Home, Garden, and DIY January 2023 |
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Chicano Bakes: Recipes for Mexican Pan Dulce, Tamales, and My Favorite Desserts
by Esteban Castillo
What it is: In his follow-up to the best-selling Chicano Eats, the author behind an award-winning food blog offers 80 Chicano recipes that explore his culinary roots.
Recipes include: Conchas de Vainilla (Vanilla Conchas), Tres Leches Cake, Churro Cheesecake, Red Velvet Chocoflan, Ponche de Granada (Pomegranate Punch), Strawberry Guava Shortbread Bars, Bolillos, Polvorones, Rompope (Mexican Milk Punch), and more.
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The Hardworking Home: A DIY Guide to Working, Learning, and Living at Home
by Mark Johanson
What it is: a how-to guide that presents a wide range of achievable home improvements that will help you upgrade your home to better meet your needs in this shifting world.
Chapters include: Closet Offices, Bookcase Room Dividers, Creating Living Space in a Garage, Making a Shed Habitable, Pegboard Storage, Custom Storage Loft, and more.
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Love Your Home Again: Organize Your Space and Uncover the Home of Your Dreams
by Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski
What it's about: Organizing experts and mother-daughter duo share their tried-and-true systems of decluttering, organizing, and maintaining, along with real client stories, to teach you how to manage your home.
What's inside: Gentle guidance on things like handling sentimental items, embracing quality over quantity, cutting down on waste, small space strategies, and much more.
Don't miss: Pro tips, such as velvet hangers, mix-and-match pasta, and a dresser in the mudroom.
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| Terrain: The Houseplant Book: An Insider's Guide to Cultivating and Collecting... by Melissa Lowrie and the Terrain plant teamWhat it is: both a lovely coffee table book and an insightful guide to collecting and growing an assortment of houseplants, including less common ones, presented by Melissa Lowrie and others from the gardening company Terrain.
Chapters include: Small Wonders, Unfussy Friends, Ramblers.
Don't miss: the detailed section on caring for houseplants, the grower profiles, and the resource list. |
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| Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files by Deb PerelmanWhat it is: the tasty third cookbook from popular Smitten Kitchen blogger and Instagrammer Deb Perelman, who puts the spotlight on dozens of thoroughly tested recipes that readers will make again and again.
Recipes include: Slumped Parmesan Frittata, Bialy Babka, Essential French Onion Soup, Carrot Tarte Tatin, Cozy Chicken and Dumplings, Crispy Oven Pulled Pork, Portobello Hoagie, Strawberry Summer Stack Cake. |
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Twist on Tofu: 52 Fresh and Unexpected Vegetarian Recipes, from Tofu Tacos and...
by Corinne Trang
What's inside: Award-winning food writer Corrine Trang shows how versatile and flavorful tofu can be, with 52 recipes for creative dishes.
Recipes include: Crispy Soy-Sesame Tofu Nuggets, Tofu Chopped Salad, Tofu Quesadilla, Tofu Vegetable Curry, Tofu Bibimbap, Tofu Mocha Brownies, and much more.
Don't miss: Tofu 101, the chapter in which Trang goes over the different types of tofu, as well as the techniques for draining and cutting the tofu.
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Cookbooks You May Have Missed
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| Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking by Cheryl DayWhat's inside: Acclaimed Savannah, Georgia baker Cheryl Day delivers mouth-watering recipes that celebrate Southern baking, plus gorgeous photos, Southern baking rules, recommended tools, and fascinating history.
Chapters include: Hot Breads and Crackers, Slow Breads, Gathering Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Grits and Grains, Jams and Preserves, Basics.
Recipes include: Hush Puppies, Cornmeal Griddle Cakes, Savory Chicken Cobbler, Mushroom Hand Pies, Hello Dolly Bars, Strawberry Rhubarb Slab Pie, Pig-Pickin' Cake, Red Velvet Cupcakes. |
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| Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals by Tieghan GerardWhat it is: the latest cookbook from bestselling author and blogger Tieghan Gerard that offers 125 "healthy-ish" recipes focusing on tasty dishes using whole foods, plus tips and inspiring color photos.
Recipes include: Sheet Pan French Toast, Chai Orchard Doughnuts, Salmon Cobb Salad with Nutty Green Ranch, Pizza Pasta with Crispy Pepperoni Breadcrumbs, Spicy Shrimp Tacos, Chocolate Olive Oil Cake, Maple Oatmeal Lace Cookies. |
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| Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets by Pati JinichWhat's inside: Inspired by the diversity of dishes in her homeland, Pati Jinich, star of the James Beard Award-winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table, offers 150 classic regional dishes, and stories to go with them.
Don't miss: the vibrant color photos; the highlighted sections, such as "pillars of the Mexican pantry," "Tomatillos," and more.
Recipes include: Sweet Lime and Chicken Soup, Double-Stacked Shrimp and Cheese Tacos, Oaxacan Oregano Roast Chicken, Rice with Lentils and Caramelized Onions, Classic Creamy Flan. |
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| Korean American: Food that Tastes Like Home by Eric KimWhat it is: a fun, innovative debut cookbook that also discusses family and growing up Korean American in Atlanta, by a talented young New York Times food writer.
Chapters include: TV Dinners, Rice Cuisine, Feasts, Korean Bakery.
Recipes include: Gochugaru Shrimp and Roasted-Seaweed Grits, Kimchi Sandwiches, Perfect White Rice, Sheet-Pan Bibimbap with Roasted Fall Vegetables, Maeuntang, Gochujang Chocolate Lava Cakes. |
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