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Home, Garden, and DIY November 2020
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The art of paint pouring : swipe, swirl & spin
by Amanda VanEver
Fluid art: Whether you are a beginning or an established paint pouring artist you'll soon be creating colorful, textured fluid art on a variety of surfaces.
What's inside: variations on several popular techniques, including flip cup, dip, swirling, spinning, and swiping, as well as more intermediate and advanced pouring techniques.
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The Baja California cookbook : exploring the good life in Mexico
by David Castro Hussong
Celebrate: the laidback lifestyle found right across the border. Inspired by his local landscape and his food from the award-winning restaurant Fauna, star chef Hussong conducts a wonderful exploration of Baja cuisine.
What you'll find: From Baja wine country to incredible seafood along the coast, Baja cuisine showcases grilled meats, freshly caught fish, and produce straight from the garden, all mingled with the salt spray of the Pacific Ocean.
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Floret Farm's a year in flowers : designing gorgeous arrangements for every season
by Erin Benzakein
Seasonal flower arranging: a comprehensive guide to everything you need to make your own incredible arrangements all year long, whether harvesting flowers from the backyard or shopping for blooms at the market.
What's included: an A-Z flower guide with photos and care tips for more than 200 varieties, simple-to-follow advice on flower care, material selection, and essential design techniques, and more than 25 how-to projects, including magnificent centerpieces, infinitely giftable posies, festive wreaths, and breathtaking bridal bouquets.
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Pie academy : master the perfect crust and 255 amazing fillings, with fruits, nuts, creams, custards, ice cream, and more...
by Ken Haedrich
Master class in pie making: with step-by-step photographic tutorials for perfect crusts, with recipes for pies of every flavor and style, from berry, fruit, nut, custard, chiffon, and cream pies, to freezer pies, slab pies, turnovers, and much more.
What you might like: recipes for all types of crusts and pastry, including gluten-free, whole wheat, and extra-flaky and the best tools and gadgets to make dough and fillings.
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| Storey's Curious Compendium of Practical and Obscure Skills: 214 Things You Can... by Carleen Madigan, Sarah Guare, and Hannah Fries (editors)Self-sufficient lifestyle: Whether casually curious or deeply invested in living more independently, the diverse ideas, knowledge, and wisdom in these pages cover the small, the substantial, and everything in between.
What's inside: a fun step-by-step exploration of 214 topics drawing on Storey Publishing's decades of work. Covering a wide range of topics including gardening, home repairs, cooking, preserving, animal care, crafting, outdoor fun, medicine and body care, and more. |
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The buy nothing, get everything plan : discover the joy of spending less, sharing more, and living generously
by Liesl Clark
Actionable plan: a thought-provoking exploration of our addiction to stuff, this powerful program will help you declutter your home without filling landfills, shop more thoughtfully and discerningly, and let go of the need to buy new things.
Filled with: helpful lists and practical suggestions including 50 items you never need to buy and 50 things to make instead; ways to create a less consumerist, wasteful society, and create more social bonds. A good balance between explanation of each idea and practical ways to implement it is provided.
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| Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers by Natalie Eve Garrett (editor)What it is: a thought-provoking collection of illustrated, personal essays on comfort food from a number of celebrated writers, who reveal the ways that specific dishes helped them cope in troubled times. Recipes included.
Writers include: Diana Abu-Jabar, Lev Grossman, Claire Messud, Edwidge Danticat, Carmen Maria Machado, Anthony Doerr, Colum McCann, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alexander Chee. |
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| Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, John Becker, and Megan ScottWhat it is: a classic American cookbook -- updated in 2019 by the great-grandson of Irma S. Rombauer and his wife -- that covers drinks, salads, snacks, main dishes, and more, offers vegetarian options, and addresses topics like nutrition, food safety, and setting the table.
Don't miss: the ingredient chapter; the special events menus. |
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Playing with paints : acrylics : 100 prompts, projects, and playful activities
by Courtney Burden
Break the rules: and explore acrylic paint in a free and fun way. This book encourages you to get over the fear of the blank canvas and the anxiety over the outcome so you can focus on the process of painting and the pure joy of creating. Whether a novice, or classical painter looking to try something new, you can benefit from the activities in this book.
Inside: 100 prompts, projects and playful activities that will build your confidence, and inspire you. There is no right or wrong way to create a painting, so enjoy the journey, relax, unwind and have fun!
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