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Home, Garden, and DIY July 2023
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| Love & Lemons Simple Feel-Good Food: 125 Plant-Focused Meals to Enjoy Now or... by Jeanine DonofrioTurn your farmers market finds into delicious meals: A broad range of recipes -- including some vegan ones -- in two categories: 'at-the-ready' (easy to make right now) and 'in advance' (for the planners among us).
Organized by ingredient: Learn how to make beautiful food with what’s on hand. The book features resources to show readers how to stock their pantry -- with gluten-free and vegan options for many of the recipes. and ideas on mixing and matching ingredients, so that readers always have something new to try. |
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| Tasting History: Explore the Past Through 4,000 Years of Recipes by Max Miller with Ann VolkweinFor food enthusiasts and history buffs alike: The author has collected best-loved recipes from around the world, included are the original recipe and his modern recreation. There are over sixty dishes with beautiful photographs portraying the dishes along with historical artwork.
Blasts from the past: The author recreates a dish from the past, often using historical recipes from vintage texts, but updated for modern kitchens as he tells stories behind the cuisine and culture. From ancient Rome to Ming China to medieval Europe and beyond. |
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| Tiny Felt Cuties & Creatures by Delilah IrisWhat it is: A step-by-step guide that works for both beginners and more advanced crafters that details how to hand sew adorably small felt items. The projects can be created as stand-alone finished works, but they can also be used to complement each other in a complete set for use in a tiny miniature world!
What you'll find: More than a dozen patterns for making tiny animals, dolls, dollhouses, props, adorable gifts, and miniature play sets. Easy felting techniques using simple hand stitches and embroidery, photo tutorials, detailed doll patterns, suggestions for materials to have on hand, and much more are included. |
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| Totally Kosher: Tradition with a Twist! 150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day by Chanie ApfelbaumA trendy edge to kosher meals: Learn approachable ways of keeping kosher food exciting and delicious for the entire family, by introducing exciting global flavors to a kosher canon of Jewish-inspired dishes.
What's inside: More than 150 fun, flavorful, and modern kosher recipes inspired by dishes from around the world—featuring quick-and-easy weekday meals, traditional recipes, and unfussy holiday dinners. Also included are basics of the kosher kitchen, top ten lists for tools, cooking hacks, meal planning advice, make-ahead tips, and crowd-pleasing semi-homemade dinner spreads. |
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| Trejo's Cantina: Cocktails, Snacks & Amazing Nonalcoholic Drinks From the Heart of... by Danny TrejoThe cantina: A place where families, friends, and colleagues gather to celebrate. In Trejo’s Cantina, beloved actor and restaurateur Danny Trejo shares recipes for snacks and drinks that celebrate his Mexican traditions and spirit. From plant-based and vegetarian to meaty faves, there are also dozens of inventive takes on classic cocktails, as well as dozens of thirst-quenching non-alcoholic drinks.
Don't miss: Tips on creating an alcohol-free bar, cantina cooking secrets, how to master the tamale, how to mix-and-match salsas, and stories about growing up in Los Angeles and working in Hollywood. |
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| Veg Out: A Stress-Free Guide to Creating Your First Vegetable Garden by Heather RodinoWhat it is: A fun, encouraging guide for beginning vegetable gardeners that covers selecting your location and type of garden (containers, in-ground, or raised bed), as well as tips for picking the right plants, protecting your work from disease and pests, watering, and more.
Included: 30 profiles of beginner-friendly vegetables and herbs with detailed instructions on where to grow, when to harvest, as well as their sunlight, watering, and soil needs. With helpful tips and photographs of important concepts. |
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Crochet Collage Garden: 100 Patterns for Crochet Flowers, Plants and Petals
by Chris Norrington
What it is: A collection of 10 crochet collages based on the beautiful flowers and plants found in author, crochet designer, and gardener, Chris Norrignton's, stunning cottage garden.
The collages: Each has a different, sometimes seasonal, theme and the compositions will change - sometimes the plants will be in a vase or a jug, sometimes presented as a wreath or growing straight from the ground. A crochet pattern for each motif is included, along with advice on what yarn and crochet hooks to use as well as suggestions for adapting the materials to make your own versions of the patterns.
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How to Grill Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Flame-Cooked Food
by Mark Bittman
What you'll find: More than 250 recipes and hundreds of variations in a simple, straightforward style that are versatile and detailed; practical advice on all the grilling basics; and color photos.
The grill’s nearly endless possibilities: Recipes cover every part of the meal, including appetizers, snacks, seafood, meat, poultry, vegetables (including vegetarian mains), sauces, breads, and desserts. Plenty of quick, high-heat recipes will get dinner on the table in short order.
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Patios & Courtyards: Practical Ideas for Backyards, Terraces and Small Gardens
by Joan Clifton
Classic and contemporary garden designs: Ideas and techniques to suit enclosed outdoor spaces of every shape and size. Plan, design, and plant beautiful and easy-to-maintain garden courtyards, walled spaces, patios, terraces, and enclosed backyards, with step-by-step advice on all the practicalities, from planning a suitable layout to choosing the plants.
Included: Over 60 stage-by-stage construction and planting sequences, garden case studies, a comprehensive directory of plants, over 850 photographs, advice on flooring, walls and screens, containers, structures, furniture, ornaments, water features, and lighting, plus a section on maintenance shows how to keep your courtyard looking its best.
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Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day is a Good Day
by Rodney Scott
Ultimate barbecue reference: The author's recipes make it possible to achieve the special flavors for which he's known, whether you're a barbecue pro or a novice. From the ins and outs of building your own pit to poignant essays on South Carolinian foodways and traditions, this stunningly photographed cookbook is the ultimate barbecue reference.
Read it for the storytelling: In this modern American success story, Rodney details how he made his way from the small town where he worked for his father in the tobacco fields and in the smokehouse, to the sacrifices he made to grow his family's business, and the tough decisions he made to venture out on his own in Charleston.
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The Seven-Step Homestead: A Guide for Creating the Backyard Microfarm of...
by Leah M. Webb
A homestead to call your own: Today’s gardeners want a bit of everything—vegetables, fruit, medicinal herbs, flowers for pollinators, and even chickens for eggs. The dream is to build a diverse landscape that serves multiple functions, but achieving that goal can be intimidating and overwhelming.
An experienced homesteader and garden consultant: The author shares her strategy for implementing a homestead plan in a series of doable steps, beginning with establishing one or two raised beds of the easiest vegetables to grow, and gradually building up to the addition of fruit trees and berry bushes on 'hugelkulture' mounds, a coop full of chickens, and a winter’s worth of storage crops.
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Super Simple Outdoor Woodworking: 15 Practical Weekend Projects
by Randall A. Maxey
What it is: A collection of fifteen projects for the garden, patio or deck that are easy to make. There are projects designed for both those just starting out and those that would be fun for even the most experienced woodworker to create.
What you'll find: All of the projects include clear guidance on how best to approach the construction of each piece and they can be made with standard-sized wood from the DIY store. There are also a number of helpful hints and tips to achieving perfect results. The projects include helpful step-by-step instructions with clear photography and detailed diagrams.
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