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Home, Garden, and DIY March 2018
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| Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide For Homemade Dumplings, Stir-fries... by Hsiao-Ching ChouWhat it is: a cookbook that just might replace your take-out menus. Written by a talented chef whose parents ran a Chinese restaurant in Missouri and taught her traditional Chinese homecooking, Chinese Soul Food covers key ingredients, techniques, equipment and more.
Recipes include: Pork and Chinese Cabbage Dumplings, Green Onion Pancakes, Spring Rolls, Hot and Sour Soup, Mongolian Beef, Mu Shu Pork, Cashew Chicken, and Chou's famous Pot Stickers. |
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Pure Soapmaking: How To Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps
by Anne-Marie Faiola
A lavishly photographed guide to making all-natural soaps using herbs and other organic ingredients shares 32 recipes for aesthetically scented, homemade soaps that are specially formulated to nourish the skin. By the author of Soap Crafting.
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| The Book Of Hygge: The Danish Art Of Contentment, Comfort, And Connection by Louisa Thomsen BritsWhat it is: a quiet, thoughtful guide with color photos and inspiring quotations that explains all the things hygge can be and encourages readers to embrace it in their own way. Half-Danish author Louisa Brits shares practical advice, too.
Want a taste? "Hygge is a feeling that most of us know but can't quite define. To give a name to an experience is to pay attention to it." |
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| How to Hygge: The Nordic Secrets To A Happy Life by Signe JohansenFeaturing: home advice, lifestyle tips, lovely photos, and a wide variety of recipes (both sweet and savory). This engaging book by a Norwegian chef and writer uses the concept of hygge to demonstrate how readers can embrace cozy in all areas of their lives.
Chapters include: Outdoor Pursuits, The Nordic Kitchen, Healthy Hedonism, Design & Home, and Kinship, Conviviality & Openness. |
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The Nordic Theory Of Everything: In Search Of A Better Life
by Anu Partanen
A Finnish journalist and naturalized American citizen examines four key human relationships to encourage Americans to draw on practices from the Nordic way of life to create a fairer, happier, more secure and less stressful society for themselves and future generations. 30,000 first printing.
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| The Little Book Of Hygge: Danish Secrets To Happy Living by Meik WikingWhat it is: a cheerful look at how to be happy by bringing more hygge into your life. Offering practical advice (lighting a candle equals instant hygge) and thoughtful ideas, this little book can help readers find big pleasures in small comforts.
Author alert: Meik Wiking is the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen (where they light candles in the office every day); he wrote this book to explore hygge's connection to happiness. If you like his style, check out his latest, The Little Book of Lykke.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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