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Home, Garden, and DIY July 2018
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| How to Grill Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Flame-Cooked Food by Mark BittmanWhat 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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| Just Cook It! 145 Built-to-Be-Easy Recipes That Are Totally Delicious by Justin ChappleWhat it is: a collection of easily doable and delicious recipes by Justin Chapple, the Culinary Director at Food & Wine magazine and the star of their popular Mad Genius Tips video series.
Recipes include: Croque Madame Hot Dish, Green Curry with Halibut and Basil, Classic Meat Loaf Sandwiches and Tomato Jam, Chocolate-Cherry Peanut Butter Cookies, and Ice Cream Birthday Cake. |
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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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| 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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| 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 complementary 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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| 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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Salad in a Jar: 68 Recipes for Salads and Dressings by Anna Helm BaxterWhat it is: Providing healthy, easy alternatives to dissatisfying or overpriced grab-and-go meals, a collection of more than 60 illustrated and nutritionally balanced recipes shows readers how to layer ingredients to maximize freshness and texture for a hearty and satisfying dish or snack. What's inside: A collection of more than 60 illustrated recipes for simple-to-prepare salads, dressings, breakfasts, and snacks to take on the go. Anna Helm Baxter reveals the keys to layering ingredients to maximize freshness and texture for a hearty and satisfying dish or snack. Tips and tricks include instructions on designing salads in a jar with recipes for raw salads, side salads, meal salads, snacks, and desserts.
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What's inside: No matter what sort of area you're working with -- porches, sheds, gardens, trailers, and tents are just a few of the spaces covered here -- you're bound to find something eye-catching among the ample, attractive photographs in this book. You'll also find tips for relaxed, functional furniture arrangement and outdoor activities, plus instructions for hands-on decorating projects to make your home colorful and harmonious, both inside and out.
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| The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving: Over 350 of the Best... by the Ball Corporation; Meredith L. Butcher, editorWhat it is: a detailed guide to preserving that offers color photos, step-by-step instructions, and 350 recipes, from classics such as pickles and jams to international flavors like kimchi.
What's inside: details on water bath canning, fermenting, pressure canning, freezing, dehydrating, curing, and smoking, as well as information on picking the right jar and the importance of acidity. |
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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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Forsyth County Public Library 585 Dahlonega Street Cumming, Georgia 30040 770-781-9840www.forsythpl.org/ |
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