Yolo County Library
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Home, Garden, and DIY November 2016
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| Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe by Sasha DuerrThe seasonal cookbook is a familiar standard by now, and in Natural Color, designer and art professor Sasha Duerr takes a similar approach to crafting with natural dyes. An advocate for "slow fashion," Duerr guides you through the botanical palette of each season (including how to gather, grow, or buy the necessary plants) and provides dyed textile projects along the way. Elegant color photos capture the vivid hues created by avocado pits, red cabbage, and nettles (to name just a few). Advice on mordants and dyeing techniques rounds out this thoughtful volume, which will appeal to dedicated dye artists who share Duerr's passion for sustainability. |
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| The Hungry Fan's Game Day Cookbook: 165 Recipes for Eating, Drinking & Watching Sports by Daina FalkThe daughter of a sports agent, Daina Falk has long been immersed in sports fandom and the food that goes with it, first creating the website HungryFan.com, and now sharing 165 of her best recipes in this accessible cookbook. Among the traditional fried and spicy offerings (buffalo wings, nachos, and bacon are all represented), tailgaters and game-day entertainers will find healthier options such as low-fat dips, pork burgers, and chipotle chicken potato skins. Falk also collects contributions from notable athletes (want to try Boomer Esiason's Swedish meatballs or Michael Jordan's flatbread?), giving you plenty of options for making a winning spread. |
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| Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop [on order] by Nick OffermanSimilar to Ron Swanson, his character on TV's Parks and Recreation, actor and comedian Nick Offerman is a dedicated woodworker. In addition to performing, he runs Offerman Woodshop, a Los Angeles woodworking collective that produces a wide array of products, both practical (furniture, baseball bats) and whimsical (mustache combs, kazoos). Here, the Offerman Woodshop team shares a behind-the-scenes peek at how they work, complete with photo-illustrated instructions for their favorite projects, as well as humorous writings from Offerman himself. From complete newbies to seasoned masters, Good Clean Fun will bring a smile to the face of any woodworker. |
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How to get dressed : A Costume Designer's Secrets for Making Your Clothes Look, Fit, and Feel Amazing [on order]
by Alison Freer
"An ingenious book of simple wardrobe solutions, clever tools, and straightforward advice from a Hollywood costume designer. A costume designer's styling kit is a magical bag of tricks, built to solve every single wardrobe malfunction on earth. TV and film productions wait for nothing, so a costume designer's solutions have to work--and work fast. How to Get Dressed is a fun, empowering style guide for women that focuses on making the most of your wardrobe. Costume designer and XOJane fashion columnist Alison Freer provides real-world, no-BS style advice covers everything a girl could need to know: from determining if your clothes are fitting properly to how to care for, maintain, and keep your garments organized--plus what to do when the inevitable fashion disaster strikes. Full of hundreds of insider tricks from Freer's endless arsenal of tools and expertise, How to Get Dressed teaches you to rethink your wardrobe like a fashion expert--and proves once and for all that you don't need to spend a ton of money to always look your best. You just need to use the tricks the pros do!"
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| The Bold Dry Garden: Lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden by Johanna Silver; photographs by Marion BrennerPart biography and part guidebook, The Bold Dry Garden takes readers on a tour of the renowned Ruth Bancroft Garden in California while reflecting on the impact of Bancroft's trailblazing horticultural career. Planted in 1972, the Ruth Bancroft Garden represents the best practices in desert garden design and cultivation – practices which are described in detail for dry garden enthusiasts, alongside breathtaking photography of agave, bromeliads, houseleeks, and many more plants that thrive in dry conditions. Those who are motivated by Bancroft's example may also appreciate David Bainbridge's Gardening with Less Water. |
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Holiday Cooking for Everyone
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The new kosher : simple recipes to savor & share
by Kim Kushner
Collects over one hundred kosher recipes for everyday meals and special occasions, including ricotta ravioli with cinnamon, chicken soup with seasonal vegetables, grilled fish with dill-yogurt sauce, and deconstructed s'mores
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| Vegan Holiday Cooking from Candle Cafe: Celebratory Menus and Recipes... by Joy Pierson, Angel Ramos, and Jorge PiñedaFeeding vegans and non-vegans together doesn't have to mean disappointment for one side of the table, at least not with this cookbook from the owner and chefs of high-end vegan restaurant Candle Cafe. Here, you'll find recipes for restaurant-quality fare made accessible to home cooks, all organized into menus for ten different holidays (religious, national, and otherwise). Dishes like rosemary portobello steaks and sweet potato latkes with almond crème fraiche are likely to please a variety of palates, though if you need a broader range, you may want to pick up The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook by fan-favorite Isa Chandra Moskowitz, which is hot off the presses this month. |
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| The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking: 80 Low-Carb Recipes That Offer Solutions... [on order] by Peter Reinhart and Denene WallaceWarm, fragrant baked goods are an important component of many holiday celebrations, yet they're often denied to those who need to monitor carbs, sugar, or gluten. Beloved baker Peter Reinhart and co-author Denene Wallace, however, have honed combinations of nut flours and natural sweeteners to produce quick breads, crusts, cookies, cakes, muffins, and other treats with zero gluten and a staggeringly low glycemic load. Though it requires a bit of know-how and is un-apologetically baking-centric (try Danielle Walker's Against All Grain Celebrations for a wider view), there's no denying the delicious results of this book, which Library Journal dubs "nothing short of amazing." |
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Yolo County Library
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