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Home, Garden, and DIYNovember 2014
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"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." ~ Scott Adams, American cartoonist
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New and Recently Released!
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The diabetes comfort food cookbook : foods to fill you up, not out!
by Robyn Webb
A collection of recipes for comfort foods customized to suit the dietary needs of diabetics, covering a range of dishes with step by step instructions to prepare sides, salads, soups, stews, classic dishes such as meatloaf or chicken pot pie, international fare, one-pots and skillets, and more
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A history of food in 100 recipes
by William Sitwell
A British food writer and culinary expert traces the history of many people's favorite edibles, from the creation of the first cupcake to the invention of the sandwich, describing the origins of and methods used to make 100 different dishes. 40,000 first printing.
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Slow cooker revolution. Volume 2 : the easy prep-edition
by Editors at America's Test Kitchen
Presents a collection of recipes prepared in a slow cooker, including appetizers, soups, stews, chicken dishes, steaks, roasts, pasta and pasta sauces, vegetarian dishes, side dishes, and desserts
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Joy the baker homemade decadence : irresistibly sweet, salty, gooey, sticky, fluffy, creamy, crunchy treats
by Joy Wilson
A full-color cookbook from the blogger and self-taught baker behind the popular website JoytheBaker.com presents 125 deliciously decadent recipes for cookies, cakes, pies, crumbles, cobblers, ice cream and brunch dishes. 40,000 first printing.
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Smitten with squash
by Amanda Paa
"Expand your squash repertoire with more than 70 creative recipes. This abundant vegetable spans the seasons, offering a delicious base on which to build inspired multicultural dishes, bringing forth assertive flavors from savory to sweet"
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| International Night: A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World by Mark Kurlansky and Talia KurlanskyIn International Night, renowned American food writer Mark Kurlansky welcomes a debut co-author: his teen daughter, Talia. Once a week, father and daughter would spin the globe, point a finger, and let chance determine that Friday night's dinner. Their experiment led to this cookbook, which presents 52 meals from locations around the world, including Naples, Tanzania, Brazil, Quebec, and Kazakhstan. Each meal comes with a profile on its country of origin, and each recipe is rated by difficulty, making International Night accessible (and -- dare we say it? -- educational) for teens, adults, and families. |
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Easy gourmet : awesome recipes anyone can cook
by Stephanie Le
Collects simple recipes with gourmet flavor from the creator of the popular website, "I am a Food Blog," including chicken and waffles, glazed duck, miso cod and quinoa, braised beef brisket, and raspberry pistachio pavlova
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| A Beautiful Mess: Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating... by Elsie Larson and Emma ChapmanFans of the lifestyle blog A Beautiful Mess will already be familiar with sisters Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman and their colorful, crafty-chic aesthetic. In this volume, they focus on helping you give your home a "happiness makeover." It doesn't take a lot of cash, just a willingness to zero in on what you really love, and the gumption to creatively repurpose what you've already got. Along with tons of beautifully lit photos, this upbeat, unintimidating book is packed with useful tips: how to make gallery walls that work, suggestions for styling mismatched furniture, ideas for flea market overhauls, and instructions for super-simple DIY decor projects. |
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Plenty more : vibrant vegetable cooking from London's Ottolenghi
by Yotam Ottolenghi
A follow-up to the award-winning Plenty presents 120 vegetarian dishes organized by cooking method, from raw and grilled to baked and simmered, in a volume that offers such options as Buttermilk-Crusted Okra and Roasted Rhubarb With Sweet Labneh. 125,000 first printing.
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| Make It Mighty Ugly: Exercises & Advice for Getting Creative Even When It Ain't Pretty by Kim Piper WerkerAnyone who has ever battled creative self-doubt can benefit from this witty read about tackling the fear of failure. Using just three steps -- "name the demons," "make stuff," and "keep on making stuff" -- readers are encouraged to boost their creative potential by letting go of the pressure to be perfect. Yet Make It Mighty Ugly is more than just a self-help book; it also includes practical prompts and hands-on exercises to help you work through those creative demons, plus plenty of punchy anecdotes from a variety of creators to let you know that even when you're in doubt, you're in good company. |
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Death & Co : modern classic cocktails
by David Kaplan
A guide to creating cocktails collects recipes from the famous New York drinking establishment, including such offerings as a gin rickey, a mai tai, a "velvet Warhol," a "Dale Cooper," and an "East River underground."
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Chloe's vegan Italian kitchen : 150 pizzas, pastas, pestos, risottos, & lots of creamy Italian classics
by Chloe Coscarelli
"Popular vegan chef and winner of the Food Network's Cupcake Wars Chloe Coscarelli digs into her Italian roots to create more than 150 recipes inspired by the most popular cuisine in the world. If you think a healthy vegan diet means giving up pasta in creamy sauce, cheesy pizza, and luscious tiramisu, think again! Following her hit cookbooks Chloe's Kitchen and Chloe's Vegan Desserts, Chef Chloe goes to her family's homeland to veganize its time-honored delicacies--and add some distinctively delicious twists. Sumptuous mains like Butternut Ravioli with Brown Sugar and Crispy Sage and Red Wine Seitan on Ciabatta let you show off your kitchen skills, and her inventive pizza creations include Crumbled "Sausage" and "Mozzarella" Pizza as well as ButternutSquash, Caramelized Onion, and Apple Pizza. And vegans can once again enjoy comfort favorites with Chloe's Potato Gnocchi, Lasagna Bolognese, and Eggplant Parmesan. Known for her surprising twists on favorite desserts, Chloe's got your classics covered with Chocolate-Dipped Almond Biscotti and Italian Wedding Cake, and she turns up the dial with new delights like Mint Chip Gelato Sandwiches, Banana Coffee Cupcakes, and Pomegranate Mint Italian Soda--sure to win over omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans alike. Chloe also includes directions for making her recipes allergy- and gluten-free so that you can feast on all your favorite foods, no matter your diet. With fresh vegan takes on classic Italian cuisine illustrated by gorgeous full-color photographs throughout, and her bright and lively personality on every page, Chloe takes you on a delectable trip to Italy--one you'll want to go on again and again! Buon appetito!"
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The wild food cookbook
by Roger Phillips
Shares recipes for using spring leaves and shoots, summer flowers and herbs, seaweeds, desert plants, mushrooms, fruits, berries, nuts, seeds, and roots
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100 colorful ripple stitches to crochet
by Leonie Morgan
A comprehensive guide shares 75 original stitch designs for beginners through advanced crafters, explaining how to use colors and textures to create eye-catching ripples, zig-zags and waves. Original. 35,000 first printing.
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Kaffe Fassett's quilts in Morocco : 20 designs from Rowan for patchwork and quilting
by Kaffe Fassett
"The 16th book in Kaffe's acclaimed series showcases 20 brilliant quilts in the historic location of Fez in Morocco. With its strong rich colors and beautiful mosaics, Fez makes the perfect setting for a brilliant new collection from Kaffe and his chosen designers. Kaffe's own quilts feature new fabrics, including Belle Epoch, an intricate paisley used to great effect in the broad vertical stripes of his Paisley Columns quilt--and Flame Stitch, with its deep zigzags of color showing perfectly in the Strata quilt. For lovers of florals, there are beautiful quilts featuring the Brocade Peony, Gertrude, Joy, and flowery Bouffant fabrics. In addition to the traditional gallery of quilts, all photographed on location in Fez by Debbie Patterson, the book has Kaffe's wonderfully detailed step-by-step instructions and diagrams for each quilt"
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Handmade furniture : 21 classic woodworking projects to build for your home
by Rafael Nathan
"For a woodworker, there's nothing more satisfying than building a project that adds beauty and function to a busy home: the stunning cutting board used every night in the kitchen, the elegant and helpful end-table next to the bed, or the handsome coffeetable that proudly serves in the living room. Ultimately, it's the handmade pieces of furniture that become the family heirlooms for generations to come. With Handmade Furniture by Raf Nathan, a professional cabinetmaker and the editor of Australian Woodworker Magazine, woodworkers of all skill levels will discover 21 beautiful projects that will be a welcome and proud addition in any room in the house. Ranging from boxes and trays to tables and cabinets, the stylish yet straightforward projects require only a limited number of hand and power tools and will enhance a woodworker's joinery abilities as they progress from biscuits and dowels to dovetail and mortise and tenon joints"
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Christmas. Book 16
by Gooseberry Patch
The 16th volume of an annual tradition includes everything needed to get into the Christmas spirit, featuring more than 70 delicious holiday recipes and pages of beautiful illustrated decorating solutions, crafts and ideas for homemade gifts. 10,000 first printing. (This book was previously listed in Forecast.)
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Artful Christmas : 30 elegant craft projects
by Susan Wasinger
A full-color book presents instructions for making 30 elegant yet easy projects out of the most affordable and accessible materials, including a lacy air-dried clay wreath, a stamped muslin bag Advent calendar, festive felt stockings, sparkling paper ornaments, a glittered garland and more. Original.
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| Trash-to-Treasure Papermaking: Make Your Own Recycled Paper by Arnold E. GrummerTrash-to-Treasure Papermaking is two craft books in one: a down-to-earth, eco-friendly guide to basic papermaking plus a project book of fun and easy papercraft. A brief history of papermaking gets you started, followed by a run-down of basic tools and techniques for making poured, dipped, and molded paper from old phonebooks, junk mail, comic books, food can labels, and more. Once you've made a stash of recycled paper with lovely new textures and colors, there are dozens of fun projects here that you can make: a tiger mask, a cloud mobile, or even custom wedding invitations. Pick up Clare Youngs' Papercrafting in No Time for more speedy, simple papercrafts. |
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Origami ikebana : create lifelike paper flower arrangements
by Benjamin John Coleman
Demonstrates how to combine the principles of ikebana and origami to create paper flower arrangements, covering such topics as basic paper folding techniques, incremental leaf sizing, and making simple makigami stems
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Paper Blooms: 25 Extraordinary Flowers to Make for Weddings, Celebrations & More
by Jeffery Rudell
Jeffrey Rudell's paper flowers have been featured in many fashion magazines, and with good reason: they're just as gorgeous as the real thing, and are often easier to work with. In a friendly manner, Rundell describes the necessary tools and techniques for creating stunning paper blossoms. Many of the projects are more fanciful than lifelike, incorporating patterned papers and playful shapes that don't exist in nature, but all are suitable for use as bouquets, garlands, gift embellishments, cupcake toppers, and more. Crafters who prefer more realistic paper blossoms should pick up Paper to Petal by Rebecca Thuss and Patrick Farrell or The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers by Livia Cetti.
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Paper birds : 25+ projects to copy, cut, and fold
by Hiroshi Hayakawa
"Origami takes flight with these 40 beautiful bird projects, from a cockatiel, horned owl, and hummingbird to the exotic albatross and extinct dodo. Just photocopy the templates onto cardstock; score, cut, and fold; and, finally, interlock the joints to create a dimensional creature. All the projects are arranged by difficulty and the richly photographed pages show the birds from multiple perspectives, perching, standing, and flying. "
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| Paper Made! 101 Exceptional Projects to Make Out of Everyday Paper by Kayte TerryIt doesn't get much simpler, cuter, or more fun than these 101 projects from Kayte Terry, a boho-chic merchandising pro for Anthropologie. Paper is inexpensive, abundant, and easy to repurpose; here, Terry shows readers how to turn gum wrappers, junk mail, paper bags, magazines, wrapping paper, cardboard, old books, and other around-the-house supplies into lamps, mobiles, frames, vases, bags, jewelry, party favors, hair accessories, and even hip modern bookcases and furniture. No matter how humble the materials, thanks to Terry's solid design principles even beginners can get "WOW!" results. Teen crafters will especially like these street-smart, penny-wise paper projects. |
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