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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2018
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| The Perfect Cake: Your Ultimate Guide to Classic, Modern, and Whimsical Cakes by America's Test KitchenWhy you should read it: It's America's Test Kitchen's first cake cookbook and a wonderfully comprehensive collection (it even includes cheesecakes, cake pops, and cakes you microwave in mugs). There are also tips about getting started and core cake-baking techniques.
Recipes include: Classic White Layer Cake, Blueberry Jam Cake, Vegan Dark Chocolate Cupcakes, Petit Fours, and Spice Cake. |
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| The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard by Susan MorrisonWhy you should read it: It takes a lifestyle-based approach to garden design that'll help aspiring gardeners turn their modest-sized yards into personalized spaces.
What's inside: inspiring color photographs, thoughtful questions, and suggestions for livable, low-maintenance designs using appropriate plants, furniture, and hardscaping. |
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| The Flower-Powered Garden: Supercharge Your Borders and Containers with Bold... by Andy VernonFeaturing: floral color schemes, a florapedia of 50 gorgeous plants, information on planting and growing, beautiful photographs, and stories about why British producer Andy Vernon loves color.
Is it for you? Yes, if you'd like more colorful blooms in your garden and need an enthusiastic gardener to help you. |
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Cookies, Cookies, Cookies... |
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Good Housekeeping: The Great Christmas Cookie Swap Cookbook
by Good Housekeeping Institute
What's inside: An all-new collection of sixty favorite Christmas cookie recipes from around the world, each designed to make large batches of cookies that are perfect for holiday cookie swaps, accompanied by helpful hints on baking techniques, shortcuts, decorating, and preparing one's own cookie swap celebration.
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Betty Crocker: The Big Book of Cookies
by Betty Crocker
What's inside: Featuring step-by-step how-to photos for baking and decorating, this delectable cookbook collects the best cookies and bars with more than 180 easy-to-make recipes, from all-time classics to contemporary favorites.
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Martha Stewart's Cookies
by Martha Stewart Living Magazine
What's inside: A luscious array of favorite cookie recipes presents 175 different cookies that range from perennial crowd-pleasers to innovative new treats, all organized according to such textures as Soft and Chewy, Crisp and Crunchy, and Light and Delicate, including Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Lemon-Apricot Sandwiches, and Brown-Butter Toffee Blondies.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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