Home, Garden, and DIY
May 2022
Recent Releases
You Grow, Gurl! Plant Kween's Lush Guide to Growing Your Garden
by Christopher Griffin

What it is: a fun, encouraging guide to house plants, covering selection, watering, propagating, health benefits, and more, plus color photos.

Read this next: Danae Horst's Houseplants for All, Hilton Carter's Wild at Home, or Veronica Peerless' How Not to Kill Your Houseplant.

Author buzz: Christopher Griffin is the creator of the Plant Kween Instagram account celebrating plants, community, and self-care.
The Art of Papercraft: Unique Projects Using Origami, Cutting, Quilling, Pop-Up, and...
by Helen Hiebert; foreword by Michael G. LaFosse

What it is: Artist and teacher Helen Hiebert presents a comprehensive look at paper arts (including paper making) and 40 unique projects by a variety of artists, each using just one sheet of paper.

What's inside: detailed instructions; colorful, inspiring photos; info on paper, tools, materials, and skills (including folding and stitching). 

Projects include: Origami Candy Dish; Inflatable Paper Votive; One-Sheet Tree; Pop-Up Alphabet; Floral Lantern; Plantable Paper; Storytelling Mask; Mini Tunnel Book; Swirling Flower; Exploding Cube.
The Wok: Recipes and Techniques
by J. Kenji López-Alt

What it is: an in-depth look at the wok that covers it all, including buying, cleaning, and using, by the award-winning author of The Food Lab.

What's inside: 
over 200 recipes; a pantry list; color photos; details on how to stir fry, deep fry, simmer, and braise; info on rice and noodles. 

Recipes include: Mandarin Pancakes; Egg Drop Soup; Clams with Garlic, Sake, and Butter; Sesame Chicken; Beef with Broccoli; Japanese Fried Noodles; Thai-Style Omelet; Stir-Fried Eggplant with Sake and Miso; Smoky Bok Choy with Garlic Sauce; Bibimbap. 
Unbelievably Vegan: 100+ Life-Changing, Plant-Based Recipes
by Charity Morgan

What it is: the cookbook debut of a private chef to elite athletes who began eating vegan years ago alongside her NFL linebacker husband and who appeared in the documentary The Game Changers.

What's inside: more than 100 flavorful plant-based recipes; color photos; tips for incorporating vegan foods; ingredients to watch out for.

Recipes include: Eggless French Toast; Walnut Chorizo; Cream of Broccoli Chedda Soup; Caribbean Ceviche; Taco Salad in Baked Tortilla Bowls; Smoky Jambalaya; Flaky Pie Dough; Pecan Sticky Buns.  
Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward with Your Life
by Matt Paxton with Jordan Michael Smith

What it is: an empathetic, step-by-step approach to decluttering and downsizing by an expert who addresses mental roadblocks and offers poignant stories from his life and the lives of people he's helped.

Don't miss: the substantial resource lists at the end of the book.

For fans of: TV's The Legacy List with Matt Paxton and Hoarders (both of which feature the author); Marie Kondo; decluttering.
The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook: Over 100 Fabulous Recipes to Use Eggs in Unexpected...
by Lisa Steele; photographs by Tina Rupp

What it is: an egg-cellent cookbook by Fresh Eggs Daily blogger and Maine farmer Lisa Steele, offering more than 100 tasty recipes.

What's inside: egg basics; essential ingredients and tools; an index of recipes by number of eggs needed (noting whole, white, or yolk).

Recipes include: Egg Flip; Butter Crackers; Bacon and Eggs Pizza; Toasty Holiday Strata; Scrambled-Egg Hand Pies; Broccoli Cheddar Tart; Lemon Curd; Cheesecake with Shortbread Crust; Bundt Pound Cake.
Knit 2 Socks in 1: Discover the Easy Magic of Turning One Long Sock into a Pair!
by Safiyyah Talley; foreword by Jeanette Sloan

What's inside: a step-by-step guide that teaches a new way to knit socks that starts with a cuff, creates a tube (with lifelines as markers), and ends in a cuff, with heels and toes added after; 21 sock styles.

Styles include: Savasana Yoga Socks; Huntsman's Cottage Socks; Flower Buds Anklets; Mosaic Rib; Frilly Booties; Glass Slippers.

Reviewers say: "knitters of all strokes will appreciate this innovative primer" (Publishers Weekly).
Feng Shui Modern
by Cliff Tan; illustrated by Dura Lee

What it's about: Cliff Tan, an architect and TikToker, clearly explains how to use the ancient art of Feng Shui to create a more harmonious home. 

Chapters include: What is Feng Shui?; Fundamentals; How to Apply Feng Shui; Planning (which offers room-by-room help); and Styling.

Want a taste? "Before we embark on this journey, always remember that if following a particular theory makes you feel uncomfortable, then it is not in the spirit of feng shui."
Contact your librarian for more great books!
Huntington Beach Public Library
Central Library
7111 Talbert Avenue
Huntington Beach, California 92648
714.842.4481

www.hbpl.org