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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2018
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| The Perfect Cake: Your Ultimate Guide to Classic, Modern, and Whimsical Cakes by America's Test KitchenWhy you should read it: It's America's Test Kitchen's first cake cookbook and a wonderfully comprehensive collection (it even includes cheesecakes, cake pops, and cakes you microwave in mugs). There are also tips about getting started and core cake-baking techniques.
Recipes include: Classic White Layer Cake, Blueberry Jam Cake, Vegan Dark Chocolate Cupcakes, Petit Fours, and Spice Cake. |
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Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book
by The Editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine
What it is: an updated edition of a beloved knitting reference with over 1600 color images, step-by-step illustrations, and totally new sections that address designing sweaters, shawls, and accessories.
Reviewers say: "Trust Vogue" (Booklist); "an essential addition to the knitter's bookshelf" (Library Journal).
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| The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard by Susan MorrisonWhy you should read it: It takes a lifestyle-based approach to garden design that'll help aspiring gardeners turn their modest-sized yards into personalized spaces.
What's inside: inspiring color photographs, thoughtful questions, and suggestions for livable, low-maintenance designs using appropriate plants, furniture, and hardscaping. |
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| The Flower-Powered Garden: Supercharge Your Borders and Containers with Bold... by Andy VernonFeaturing: floral color schemes, a florapedia of 50 gorgeous plants, information on planting and growing, beautiful photographs, and stories about why British producer Andy Vernon loves color.
Is it for you? Yes, if you'd like more colorful blooms in your garden and need an enthusiastic gardener to help you. |
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Craft the Rainbow : 40 Colorful Paper Projects from the House That Lars Built
by Brittany Watson Jepsen
What began as an Instagram hashtag and project collection (#CrafttheRainbow) that quickly went viral has become a showstopping book, offering a rainbow of completely new project ideas. Learn how to make playful party decorations, luscious flowers, amazing cards, and sophisticated wreaths, garlands, centerpieces, and more than you can imagine--all with nothing but the creative power of paper.
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Wild Bread : Sourdough Reinvented
by MaryJane Butters
Wild Bread completely reinvents the concept of healthier-for-you, naturally fermented sourdough. Until now, sourdough was perceived as too much work and sour-tasting, artisan-style-only loaves. In Wild Bread, her quick and easy 1 minute 2x/day technique demonstrates the use of eight different types of flours for each bread featured--everything from gluten-free brown-rice flour to quinoa to common white to heirloom whole wheat--for a whopping 295 recipes and 475 photographs.
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The wood carver's dozen : a collection of 12 beautiful projects for beginners
by Celina Muire
Discover the practical and rewarding craft of hand wood carving with Celina Muire. The Wood Carver's Dozen is a perfect practical guide for anyone wanting to try this ancient craft and experience the pure joy of creating something beautiful from scratch. Learn about the tools of the trade and how to use them, how to pick the right wood for a project, and how to get the very best out of your materials. Simple step-by-step tutorials guide you through twelve unique and charming wood carving projects, suitable for any level of expertise. Thanks to clear instructions, photographs, and traceable templates, even absolute beginners can dive into this book to make something timeless and sublime.
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Taste of Home Make It Take It Cookbook : Up the Yum Factor at Everything from Potlucks to Backyard Barbeques
by Taste of Home
Whether you're heading to a friendly brunch, family barbecue, church picnic or holiday office party, the perfect crowd-pleasing contribution is at your fingertips! No more worrying about what you can bring to the block party, bake sale or baby shower. Taste of Home Make It, Take It Cookbook is packed with more than 375 simply impressive bring-a-dish classics. Each recipe is guaranteed to travel well, come together easily and satisfy everyone at the party. In fact, these dishes are so incredible, you'll want to serve them at home for your own gang to enjoy!
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Past James Beard Award Winners |
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| Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran... by Naomi DuguidWhy you should read it: Delicious recipes plus stories from Naomi Duguid's travels as well as compelling photographs, facts about the five countries she visited, and an annotated bibliography make this book a James Beard winner in the International category.
Recipes include: Cabbage Dolmas, Spinach Borani, Kurdish White Beans, Mint Dumplings, Tabriz Meatball Soup, Beef Stew with Onion and Tomato, Marinated Pork Kabobs, Fruit Leather, and Cardamom Cookies. |
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| You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals by Ellie KriegerWhat it is: a collection of freezer-friendly and make-ahead dishes that are both easy to make and good for you (which helped it win the James Beard Award in Health); storing and reheating instructions are included as needed for each recipe.
Recipes include: Blueberry-Chia Overnight Oats in Jars, Pumpkin Waffles, Pulled Pork Tacos, Cod and Potato Cakes, Black Bean Veggie Burger, and Almond-Crusted Chicken Tenders. |
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Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking
by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
You may not be able visit Zahav, the Philadelphia restaurant started by award-winning chef Michael Solomonov, but with this debut cookbook (co-written with Steven Cook), you can recreate Solomonov's Israeli-inspired food in your own kitchen. After mastering the tehina sauce that appears in recipes throughout the book, you can browse through the nine different ingredient-based sections, sampling approachable yet mouthwatering recipes from various regions and traditions. In addition to dishes like kibbe, beluga lentil soup, and Persian wedding rice, you'll also find baked goods such as rugelach, babka, and honey cake. For another diverse taste of modern Israel, pick up Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi's Jersusalem.
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Nopi : the cookbook
by Yotam Ottolenghi
The head chef of London's Nopi restaurant presents a collection of favorite dishes based on a fusion of Asian and Middle Eastern flavors, including Red Quinoa and Watercress Salad; Tapioca, Brown Coconut Jam and Caramelized Bananas; Baby Squid With Almond Tarator and Lime Relish; and more. 100,000 first printing.
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The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
by J. Kenji López-Alt
As a chef, test cook, and food writer, Kenji López-Alt has exactly the right background for culinary mythbusting. Suspicious of conventional kitchen wisdom, López-Alt applied scientific scrutiny to hundreds of common dishes, leading to this textbook-sized (yet wonderfully accessible) book of best practices. Offering tried-and-true techniques for preparing basics such as omelets, chicken stock, and all kinds of potatoes, López-Alt manages to be both funny and info-dense, while avoiding pitfalls like hard-to-find ingredients or daunting instructions. Library Journal calls The Food Lab an "indispensable kitchen manual" -- Alton Brown aficionados and other curious cooks will agree.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Lambton County Library 787 Broadway St. Wyoming, Ontario N0N1T0 519-845-3324www.lclibrary.ca |
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