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Home, Garden, and DIY July 2018
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| Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices up the Southern Kitchen by Eddie Hernandez and Susan PuckettWho it's for: fans of acclaimed chef Eddie Hernandez's Taqueria del Sol restaurants, as well as anyone who reckons that a mash-up of Southern and Mexican food is muy bueno.
Recipes include: Cajun Hash, Eddie's Breakfast Sausage, Cornmeal Waffles, Ham and Egg Torta, Pimento Cheese, Cheeseburger Tacos, Mexican Bread Pudding, and Sweet Potato Cheesecake. |
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How to Grill Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Flame-Cooked Food
by Mark Bittman
What it is: the latest in Mark Bittman's wonderfully versatile and detailed How to Cook Everything series. It has color photos, covers grilling basics, and offers 1,000 recipes for appetizers, snacks, seafood, meat, poultry, vegetables (including veggie mains), sauces, breads, and desserts.
Recipes include: Bruschetta, Smoky Guacamole, Spanish-Style Garlic Shrimp, Tofu Steaks, Green Chile Cheeseburgers, Pulled Pork with Lexington BBQ Sauce, and Chocolate Panini.
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| Tomoko Fuse's Origami Boxes: Beautiful Paper Gift Boxes from Japan's Leading Origami... by Tomoko FuseWhat it is: a well-illustrated guide to making a variety of lovely small boxes by a world-renowned Japanese origami artist who uses pictograms throughout her detailed instructions.
What's inside: thirty projects, such as traditional masu boxes, triangle boxes, flower boxes, dome boxes, hexagonal boxes, and barrel-shaped boxes, as well as variations and lids. |
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Giada's Italy : My Recipes for La Dolce Vita
by Giada De Laurentiis
"America knows and loves Giada De Laurentiis for her lighter, healthier takes on classic Italian fare. In her newest cookbook, she invites fans and home cooks to get to know the flavors and stories that have inspired her life's work. Here, she shares recipes for authentic Italian dishes as her family has prepared them for years while infusing them with her signature fresh flavors to make them her own, like in her Grilled Swordfish with Candied Lemon Salad; Spaghetti with Chianti and Fava Beans; Asparaguswith Grilled Melon Salad; Bruschetta with Burrata and Kale Salsa Verde; and Fennel Upside Down Cake. Filled with gorgeous photography of Italy, peppered with family stories, and complete with more of Giada's tips and advice for cooking up fabulous meals with ease, Giada's Italy is a stunning celebration of Italy's flavors as only Giada could present them"
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The cooking gene : a journey through African-American culinary history in the Old South
by Michael Twitty
Sifting through stories, recipes, genetic tests and historical documents, a renowned culinary historian, in a memoir of Southern culinary tradition and food culture, traces his ancestry through food, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom, and the charged politics surrounding the origins of soul food, barbecue and all Southern cuisine. 20,000 first printing.
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| Crafting a Patterned Home: Painting, Printing, and Stitching Projects to Enliven Every Room by Kristin NicholasWhat it is: an inspiring, eye-catching guide to patterns that addresses how to successfully combine them and choose complimentary colors. Also included are color photos and clear instructions for a variety of projects (including mosaic wallpaper, a geometric striped tablecloth, a ceramic tile fireplace surround, and a printed polka dot pillow).
Reviewers say: "a worthy successor and companion to the likes of Brandon Mably, Kaffe Fassett, and Tricia Guild" (Booklist). |
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The clean 20 : 20 foods, 20 days, total transformation
by Ian K Smith
A guide to clean eating by the best-selling author of SHRED and Blast the Sugar Out outlines a recipe-complemented diet and exercise program for minimizing unhealthy processed foods as part of a lifestyle practice for weight loss, disease prevention and overall better health, citing the importance of not eliminating food groups and meeting nutritional needs
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| Gardening with Less Water: Low-Tech, Low-Cost Techniques for Using Up to 90% Less... by David A. BainbridgeWhat it's about: Combining brevity, passion, and expertise with plenty of examples and illustrated instructions, ecology professor David Bainbridge presents several methods for delivering water directly to plants' roots. Best of all, these methods -- which include wicking systems, grow tubes, porous hoses, and clay pots -- can all be implemented using recycled or low-cost materials.
Who it's for: Gardening with Less Water is a must-read for gardeners concerned about drought or a limited water supply. |
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| Food52 Mighty Salads: 60 New Ways to Turn Salad into Dinner and Make-Ahead Lunches... by the editors of Food52What it is: an all-salad cookbook by the editors of the culinary website Food52, who believe that "salads are a place to play." In that spirit, they offer tempting recipes for 60 creative, hearty salads (and lots of dressings, too) as well as tips and variations.
Recipes include: Hoppin' John Salad with Crispy Cornbread, Grilled Peach and Apricot Salad with Kale and Prosciutto, Lemony Greek Pasta Salad, and Steak and Tossed Salsa Verde Salad. |
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| She Sheds: A Room of Your Own by Erika KotiteWho it's for: Anyone dreaming of a tiny hideaway will find inspiration, tips, and tricks in this beautifully photographed book that encourages reusing items you have and provides information about materials and costs for over 20 spaces in the U.S., England, and Australia.
Chapters include: "What's Your Shed Style?"; "Sheds for Gardeners;" "The Artist's Studio;" "Old-Soul Sheds;" "Stylish Sheds;" "Backyard Getaways;" "Build a She Shed from a Kit;" "Gallery." |
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Foolproof preserving : a guide to small batch jams, jellies, pickles, condiments, and more
by America's Test Kitchen
Tested and approved by America's Test Kitchen, a detailed guide to home preserving, perfect for novice canners and experts alike, offers more than 100 foolproof recipes, from sweet jams to whole fruits, along with detailed tutorials, troubleshooting tips, equipment information and insight into the science behind canning. Original.
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| Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat by Ellen ZachosWhat it is: a fascinating, practical book that explains how to safely find edible plants (greens, nuts, seeds, fungi, etc.) in your backyard and gives details on harvesting and preparing them for eating.
What's inside: foraging basics and etiquette; identification tools and color photos for 65 plants, including dandelion, mulberry, and hosta; and recipes for your bounty. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Harrison Memorial Library Ocean and Lincoln Carmel, California 93921 831-624-4629www.hm-lib.org/
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