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Home, Garden, and DIY July 2017
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| Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat; illustrated by Wendy MacNaughtonThis is not your typical cookbook. Yes, it includes recipes, but it's more like a (fantastic) cooking course in a book. Using an approach she's perfected over the years, acclaimed chef Samin Nosrat explains four basic elements -- salt, fat, acid, and heat -- that will cut your apron strings to recipes. Complemented by lovely watercolor art, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat just might be to cookbook of the year. Want more books about cooking science? Try J. Kenji López-Alt's The Food Lab, Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking, and various Cook's Illustrated guides. |
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| Homegrown Pantry: A Gardener's Guide to Selecting the Best Varieties & Planting... by Barbara PleasantIf you've ever grown too much zucchini and not enough tomatoes and wondered how to store food for the winter, this book is for you. Experienced gardener Barbara Pleasant explains how (and how much) to grow in order to stock a pantry year-round. Providing growing information about a wide-variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs, she also explains canning, drying, freezing, cold storage, and fermenting. Chock full of detailed instructions and lovely photographs, this book will especially appeal to those who crave self-sufficiency. |
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Old Home Love by Candis MeredithAndy and Candis Meredith believe there's nothing that can't be fixed. Their passion for saving and renovating old homes, which caught the attention of HGTV, sparked the creation of their new reality series, Old Home Love. Their stunning debut book features never before seen images of more than 15 homes, (including their own, renovated by the couple themselves), do-it-yourself renovation tips and guidance, and their family's story. Old Home Love will inspire readers to discover the history and beauty behind their own homes, regardless of location or style."
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Building Your Home : A Simple Guide to Making Good Decisions by Kristina Leigh WigginsIn a savvy and thorough guide to remodeling and building homes, architect and project manager Kristina Leigh Wiggins guides us through every step of the daunting process. Whether your project is indoors or outdoors, long term or short term, big or small, you¿ll want to have Building Your Home: A Simple Guide to Making Good Decisions by your side to help you achieve the home of your dreams.
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Sowing beauty : designing flowering meadows from seed
by James Hitchmough
Filled with gorgeous photographs, a new approach to creating meadow gardens from an expert in the design, ecology and management of herbaceous vegetation shows readers how to design and sow seed mixes that include a range of plants, both native and exotic, and how to maintain the sown spaces over time.
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The Origami Garden by Mark BolithoOrigami expert Mark Bolitho explains how to make perfectly formed origami objects that are pleasing to fold and make. As digital downtime becomes a constant quest in our fast-paced lives, the idea of contemplative, soothing arts and crafts is undergoing a serious revival. The Origami Garden divides into sections on Flowers and Plants (easy roses, cactus and pot, lilies and water lilies and many other flowers and foliage), Fruit and Vegetables (mushrooms, strawberries, pineapple, pears and chili pepper) and Garden Life (birds, butterfly and frog).
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Sign up for Adult Summer Reading at the Information Desk. Win weekly gift card prizes. |
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Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd. Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 440-933-8128alpl.org |
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