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Home, Garden, and DIY January 2018
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| The Sullivan Street Bakery Cookbook by Jim Lahey with Maya JosephWhat it is: a cookbook featuring various recipes from the author's famous, Italian-influenced New York City bakery.
Why you should read it: Remember that easy no-knead, Dutch-oven bread recipe that took over the internet a while back? Yeah, that's Jim Lahey's; clearly the man knows his way around a kitchen.
Recipes include: several sourdough starters, Simple No-Knead Sourdough, Apple-Fennel Pizza, Orange Olive-Oil Cake, Oven-Baked Pasta, Chili, Garlic Roast Potatoes, and Panettone. |
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The Enthusiast's Guide to Photoshop: 64 Photographic Principles You Need to Know
by Rafael Concepcion
If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic, subject, or software so you can improve your photography. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can confidently dive into Photoshop and create stunning images.
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Rasika: Flavors of India
by Ashok Bajaj
Showcasing the cuisine of one of Washington, D.C.’s most popular and acclaimed restaurants, a vibrant cookbook, brimming with exotic flavors, offers recipes for anyone seeking to cook groundbreaking Indian food, including Avocado Chaat With Banana, Spicy Fried Cauliflower Florets, Ginger Garlic Paste, Rhubarb Chutney and more.
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The Lego Trains Book
by Holger Matthes
This compendium of model trains from the popular brick toy manufacturer offers a history of the designs, step-by-step instructions for building several of them and provides advice on advanced building techniques like microstriping, creating textures and making offset connections.
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Container Gardening Complete: Creative Projects for Growing Vegetables and Flowers in Small Spaces
by Jessica Walliser
The methods described in this book are foolproof and easy to follow, with step-by-step directions and photographs, scalable projects for differing needs, and many great ideas for upscaled containers from things you have around your home. You’ll get to know the ins and outs of gardening in a small space, from the importance of drainage, irrigation, and other watering concerns to ornamental combinations of plants, and the very best vegetables, fruits, and nonedibles for container gardening.
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Munchies: Late-Night Meals from the World's Best Chefs
by J. J Goode
A cookbook based on the web series Chef's Night Out shares tall tales by leading world chefs, from Anthony Bourdain to Enrique Olvera, as well as late-night, craving-oriented recipes for what they prepare for friends after their customers go home, organized under such headers as "Things with Tortillas" and "Morning After."
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The Geometry of Hand-Sewing: A Romance in Stitches and Embroidery from Alabama Chanin and the School of Making
by Natalie Chanin
In The Geometry of Hand-Sewing Chanin presents their breakthrough method, featuring illustrated instructions (for both right- and left-handed stitchers) for more than 100 stitches—from the most basic straight and chain to the more fanciful feather and herringbone; photos of both right and wrong sides; and guidelines for modifying stitches to increase one’s repertoire further. To simplify learning, the book also includes two plastic stitching cards die-cut with the grids on which every stitch in the book is based. These reusable cards can be stitched through for practicing ( just as children use lacing cards to learn to tie shoes) or used as stencils for transferring grids to fabric.
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Spoon: A Guide to Spoon Carving and the New Wood Culture
by Barn the Spoon
Celebrating transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary, a master craftsman, in a fully illustrated guide, shares his life’s work—designing and carving exquisite, functional wooden spoons from branches and logs using time-honored woodworking skills and techniques.
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| Read This If You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn LeamyWhat it is: a friendly manual that aims to make drawing fun, even (especially?) for those who think they can't draw. Using 50 examples from a wide variety of artists in order to showcase tips, techniques, advice, and exercises, this book is great for all ages.
Chapters include: Don't think, do(odle); Let there be lines; Get cross (-hatching); Find your angle; Face facts; It's all an illusion; and Find your happy accident. |
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America the Great Cookbook
by Joe Yonan
The two-time James Beard Award-winning editor of The Washington Post's "Food and Dining" section draws on the insights and contributions of leading chefs, artisan producers and foodie notables in a celebration of America's culinary heritage that collects top-selected, regionally inspired family recipes.
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The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens: Simple Steps for Healthy, Happy Hens
by Kathy Shea Mormino
Sharing her years of hard-earned experience and collaborations with poultry veterinarians, nutritionists, and professors, Kathy Mormino provides simple steps to care for these uncommon pets with confidence. Her personality permeates the book as she guides newbie, veteran, and would-be backyard chickeneers alike through all aspects of small-flock care--from getting into the hobby to housing, feeding, egg production, health, and much more. The result is accurate information presented in the fun and abundantly illustrated format that Mormino has delivered on her blog, The-Chicken-Chick.com, for years.
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| Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine by Lidia Bastianich and Tania Bastianich ManualiWhat it is: an authentic, comprehensive cookbook by the personable Emmy-winning host of PBS' Lidia's Kitchen. Written with her daughter, this book provides a delicious guide to Italian cooking, including details about ingredients, techniques, and tools. There's also an extensive glossary of Italian food terms and information about Italian culture.
Recipes include: Zucchini Fritters, Stuffed Mushrooms, Chicken Liver Crostini, Rosemary and Lemon Focaccia, Chicken Cacciatore, Tomato and Bread Soup, and Pomegranate Sorbet. |
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| EveryDayCook by Alton Brown; photography by Sarah De HeerWhat it is: a more personal cookbook by popular author and Food Network star Alton Brown, which showcases 101 of his favorite recipes as well as his choice of tools, spirits, methods, and less-common pantry items.
Recipes include: Breakfast Carbonara, Buttermilk Lassi, Bad Day Bitter Martini, Crispy Chickpeas, Beef Pho, Smoky the Meat Loaf, The General’s Fried Chicken, BBQ Potato Chips, and Green Grape Cobbler. |
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| Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from my Corner of the South by Vivian Howard; photography by Rex MillerWhat it is: an award-winning combination of cookbook and memoir that details more than 200 recipes and includes information about essential parts of Southern cooking, addressing ingredients, tools, seasoning meats, canning, and more.
Who it's for: viewers of PBS' A Chef's Life, fans of classic Southern food, and lovers of fresh takes on Southern food.
Recipes include: Grandma Hill's Hoecakes, Foolproof Grits, Blueberry BBQ Chicken, Peaches and Cream Cake, and Tempura-Fried Okra. |
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| Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking by Pati Jinich; photography by Penny De Los SantosWhat it is: The charming Jewish-Mexican host of the PBS show Pati's Mexican Table provides simple yet delicious recipes for salsas, pickles, salads, soups, sides, main dishes, sweets, and drinks -- and it's all seasoned with Mexican cooks' tricks, ingredient information, and more.
Recipes include: Charred Tomato Salsa, Classic Avocado Soup, Chicken à la Trash, Shredded Pork in Ancho-Orange Sauce, and Triple Orange Mexican Wedding Cookies. |
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