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Home, Health, Wealth... + fun! June 2022 |
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Cooking with plant-based meat : 75 vegan and vegetarian recipes for all your meaty cravings
by America's Test Kitchen
Available everywhere from grocery stores to fast food chains, today's meat alternatives like Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat impressively replicate the taste and texture of meat. Now, the recipe experts at America's Test Kitchen show how to cook successfully with these modern meat mimickers--producing juicy, savory, meaty flavor--and transform them into a broad array of mouthwatering dishes that make sustainable meat-free eating feel luxurious."
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Gardening for Everyone
by Julia Watkins
A guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably--from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projects.
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The sweet side of sourdough : 50 irresistible recipes for pastries, buns, cakes, cookies and more
by Caroline Schiff
"Sourdough isn't just for savory baking! The robust tanginess of sourdough adds that little bit of something extra to your favorite cakes, bars, tarts, sweet breads and more that you didn't know you were looking for, and pastry chef Caroline Schiff couldn't make it easier to do. Set yourself up for sourdough success with her best tips for building and maintaining a starter and then bake your way to sweet sourdough bliss"
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More than a body : your body is an instrument, not an ornament
by Lexie Kite
The twin-sister founders of the Beauty Redefined nonprofit draw on extensive research to outline practical alternative approaches to body image resilience, covering subjects ranging from toxic media messages to the constraints of self-objectification. .
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The picky eater's recovery book : overcoming avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
by Jennifer J. Thomas
"Are you a picky eater? Do you worry that food will make you vomit or choke? Do you find eating to be a chore? If yes, this book is for you! Your struggles could be caused by an avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), a disorder characterized by eating a limited variety or volume of food. You may have been told that you eat like a child, but ARFID affects people right across the lifespan, and this book is the first specifically written to support adults. Join Drs. Jennifer Thomas, Kendra Becker, and Kamryn Eddy - three ARFID experts at Harvard Medical School - to learn how to beat your ARFID at home and unlock a healthier relationship with food. Real-life examples show that you are not alone, while practical tips, quizzes, worksheets, and structured activities take you step by step through the latest evidence-based treatment techniques to support your recovery"
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Raising Body Positive Teens : A Parent’s Guide to Diet-free Living, Exercise, and Body Image
by Signe Darpinian
In a world fraught with diet-culture and weight stigma, many parents worry about their child's relationship with their body and food. This down-to-earth guide is an invaluable resource allowing parents to take proactive actions in promoting a friendship with food, and preventative actions to minimize the risk factors for the development of eating disorders, particularly when early signs of disordered eating, excessive exercise, or body dissatisfaction have been noticed. It provides clear strategies and tools with a practical focus to gently encourage parents and teens to have a healthy relationship with food and exercise by centralizing joy and health. Coming from a therapist, a dietician, and an adolescent medicine physician, with insightful case studies from an array of young people from different backgrounds, this multidisciplinary author team delivers friendly, strategic guidance based in a wealth of expertise.
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Raising LGBTQ allies : a parent's guide to changing the messages from the playground
by Chris Tompkins
"Raising LGBTQ Allies is the first book to focus on the prevention of homophobia, transphobia, and bullying before they begin. It encourages families to have open and authentic conversations in a practical, timely, and inclusive way. It also creates a dialogue with parents around the possibility they may have an LGBTQ child"
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Toxic positivity : keeping it real in a world obsessed with being happy
by Whitney Goodman
The radically honest psychotherapist behind the popular Instagram account @sitwithwhit shares the latest research along with everyday examples and client stories that reveal how damaging toxic positivity is to ourselves and our relationships, and presents simple ways to experience and work through difficult emotions.
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Fun! -- music, art, sports & more
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Funny farm : my unexpected life with 600 rescue animals
by Laurie Zaleski
The founder of an animal rescue shares her experiences caring for over 600 animals, including horses, goats, dogs, cats, chickens and pigs and how she was able to honor her mother’s legacy by carrying on her work. Illustrations.
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Her country : how the women of country music became the success they were never supposed to be
by Marissa R. Moss
"Her Country is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey Musgraves, Mickey Guyton, Maren Morris, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output-and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly"
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Knitstrips : The World’s First Comic-strip Knitting Book
by Alice Ormsbee Beltran
The world's first comic-strip knitting book, Knitstrips presents 22 original patterns, boundless humor, and seriously appealing knitting instruction. Inspired, original, and laugh-out-loud funny, knitstrips are patterns and knitting instruction mixed with advice and humorous commentary--and presented in illustrated comic book panels.
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Look at this if you love great art : a critical curation of 100 essential artworks
by Chlo Ashby
"Look At This If You Love Great Art is a must read for anyone with a passion for exceptional art. Featuring 100 of the best artworks ever produced, inside is a collection of insightful summaries on just what it is that makes each one so vital. Art writer Chlo Ashby talks you through the pieces that resonate with her, revealing the fascinating stories behind them and offering her considered take on why each work should be regarded as a pinnacle of artistic endeavor. With entries curated to offer a unique juxtaposition of styles, mediums and schools of art, expect a contemporary take on classic artworks, where titans of art history cross paths with under-appreciated examples from outside the traditional canon, and where rebellious visionaries blaze trails that still influence today's cutting-edge artists. Covering all the most important genres of art--Abstraction, Pop Art, Surrealism, Renaissance art, Impressionism and more --this engaging summary only deals with artworks that really matter and the reasons why you have to see them"
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Playmakers : How the NFL Really Works and Doesn't
by Mike Florio
With new insights and reporting on scandals past and present, the owner/creator of ProFootballTalk.com takes readers from the boardroom to the locker room, from draft day to Super Bowl night, showing what really goes on in the sport America can’t seem to quit.
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True story : what reality TV says about us
by Danielle J. Lindemann
A sociologist and TV-lover, applying scholarly research to specific shows, explores the rise of reality TV as a culture-dominating medium and what the genre reveals about our attitudes toward race, gender, class and sexuality.
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