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Home, Garden, and DIY March 2017
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| Bowls of Plenty: Recipes for Healthy and Delicious Whole Grain Meals by Carolynn CarreñoThere's something inherently satisfying about a one-bowl meal -- especially if the recipe comes from this new collection by award-winning food writer Carolynn Carreño. "Flavor first" is her guiding philosophy, and it's on full display in dishes like butternut-squash risotto with slow-cooked kale, goat's milk rice pudding with raisins, or Umbrian farro and mozzarella salad. In addition to sharing anecdotes from her career and de-mystifying some lesser-known grains, Carreño also provides guidelines for building your own bowls with whatever you've got in your kitchen. One-bowl aficionados looking for further healthy ideas may also want to try Sara Forte's The Sprouted Kitchen Bowl and Spoon. |
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Catify to Satisfy : Simple Solutions for Creating a Cat-Friendly Home
by Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin
In Catify to Satisfy, Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet's hit show My Cat from Hell, and Kate Benjamin, cat design wizard, teach cat guardians everywhere how to design their homes in ways that solve common cat behavioral problems. In this beautiful, full-color book, learn design tricks to address litter box issues, deter cats from scratching furniture, and better traffic your pets’ movement around your home. The authors include DIY instructions and hacks, and feature amazing projects that cat guardians from around the world have done in their own homes.
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Handmade for the Garden : 75 Ingenious Ways to Enhance Your Outdoor Space with DIY Tools, Pots, Supports, Embellishments & More
by Susan Guagliumi
The DIY craze has moved beyond the craft room and into the garden! Relying on easy-to-find, inexpensive, and repurposed materials, Handmade for the Garden is a treasure trove of original projects that not only make planting and growing efficient and successful but also add a personal touch to the gardenscape. Among the myriad projects in this hardworking book are mini hothouses; painted, stamped, and stenciled terracotta planters; hypertufa and cement pots and decorations; rustic and formal fencing and trellises; plant markers and stakes; and sieves and baskets. With Handmade for the Garden for inspiration, gardeners of all skill levels will be empowered to experiment with form and function to discover creative, artful ways to personalize and beautify their gardens with handmade objects.
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The Herbal Handbook for Home & Health : 501 Recipes for Healthy Living, Green Cleaning & Natural Beauty
by Pip Waller
Kitchen pharmacy meets green cleaning and natural beauty in this comprehensive handbook of 501 recipes that harness the power of plants to enhance wellness and toxin-free living. Expert herbalist Pip Waller provides a wealth of information about growing, collecting, preserving, and preparing herbs for a variety of purposes--from cleaning products, to food and drink, medicines, beauty products, and more. Attractive and easy to use, The Herbal Handbook for Home and Health includes growing tips and profiles of herbs, guidelines for setting up an herbalist's kitchen, and techniques to make everything from tinctures to tonics. A valuable resource for anyone affected by allergies or sensitivities, this compendium is handsomely produced with color printing throughout and more than three hundred striking illustrations.
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| Do It Gorgeously: How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive, and More Beautiful Products by Sophie UlianoLauded as "a Mary Poppins for the new millennium" (Good Housekeeping) and "ever so eco-chic" (Los Angeles Confidential), bestselling author Sophie Uliano has appeared on Oprah and other TV shows to proclaim that "clueless is out -- and crafty is in!" Her book Do It Gorgeously equips readers with the know-how to make their own non-toxic beauty products, household cleaners, and much more. Uliano also shares straight-from-grandma advice on gardening, cooking, and fixing things around the house -- and throws in a simple, no-machines-required workout to boot -- all in a lighthearted, no-pressure style. |
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| Homemade Beauty: 150 Simple Beauty Recipes Made from All-Natural Ingredients by Annie StroleUnlike a lot of DIY beauty books, this one is just as "simple" as the title promises. In fact, many of the all-natural ingredients in this debut from blogger Annie Strole can be found in the average grocery store or pharmacy. Recipes for hair (Coconut Lavender Shampoo), skin (Detoxifying Blueberry Mask), and body (Lemongrass Bug Repellant) are coded by icons indicating what hair and skin types they work with, and whether they're one-time use items or suitable for gift-giving. Uncomplicated and affordable, the recipes in Homemade Beauty are ideal for those who like to experiment with beauty products, as well as those who are committed to non-toxic and cruelty-free cosmetics. |
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| The Recipe for Radiance: Discover Beauty's Best-Kept Secrets in Your Kitchen by Alexis WolferEmploying a witty and welcoming tone, blogger and TV personality Alexis Wolfer invites you to "cook yourself beautiful" in this antidote to typical diet books. Celebrity cameos are sprinkled throughout the chapters, each of which matches a beauty concern to recipes for food-based solutions that you can apply (cantaloupe and carrot mask, basil soothing spray) or eat (orange sunshine soup, kale chips with spicy cucumber dip). Made primarily from easy-to-find ingredients, these recipes are easy and economical, giving them a broad appeal. Curious DIYers can continue exploring natural and kitchen-based methods in Goop Clean Beauty by the editors of "lifestyle collective" Goop. |
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| 200 Tips, Techniques & Recipes for Natural Beauty by Shannon BuckShopping for beauty products can elicit two kinds of sticker shock: mainstream products can be packed with unpronounceable ingredients, while organic products can be prohibitively pricey. You can avoid both pitfalls with this thorough, photo-illustrated guide to homemade natural beauty products. Offering options for an impressive range of skin and hair types, these recipes are also rich in context, including details about the science of essential oils, sourcing fresh ingredients, and finding vegan alternatives (among many other topics). Whether you're concocting products for yourself or gifting them to others, 200 Tips is sure to pique the exploratory spirit of DIY beauty devotees. |
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