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Home, Garden, and DIY January 2018
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| Design Your Own Crochet Projects: Magic Formulas for Creating Custom Scarves... by Sara DelaneyWhat it is: a guide for beginning and experienced crocheters, especially those who are budding designers. With color photographs and clear instructions, it details 31 different stitches, how to choose yarn, how to create a pattern, and lots more.
Projects include: scarves, cowls, hats, socks, mittens, gloves, and others that can all be customized. |
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| Craft Coffee: A Manual by Jessica Easto; illustrations by Morgan KrehbielWhat it is: a charmingly illustrated, accessible, and thorough guide to making delicious coffee at home.
What's inside: among other things, brewing basics (including tips about grind size, water, and temperature), how to choose hardware (kettles, grinders, and full-immersion devices, oh my!), details about coffee beans (covering different varieties, decaffeination, etc.), and where and how to buy supplies.
Want a taste? "Coffee should not be mysterious." |
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À La Mode: 120 Recipes in 60 Pairings: Pies, Tarts, Cakes, Crisps, and More...
by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough
If you're in possession of an ice cream machine, some standard baking equipment, and an epic sweet tooth, this drool-worthy collection of innovative ice cream and dessert recipes is for you. Each of the 60 recipes for frozen treats comes with a perfectly paired dessert recipe, enabling you to serve up irresistible combos such as coffee-poached pears with hazelnut gelato, peanut brittle pie with popcorn ice cream, and pine nut pound cake with orange marmalade frozen custard. If the variety alone isn't enough to tempt you, the encouraging tone and useful tips (such as how long to store each ice cream, or how to improve your pie crust) may just win you over.
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A Beautiful Mess: Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating...
by Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman
Fans of the lifestyle blog A Beautiful Mess will already be familiar with sisters Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman and their colorful, crafty-chic aesthetic. In this volume, they focus on helping you give your home a "happiness makeover." It doesn't take a lot of cash, just a willingness to zero in on what you really love, and the gumption to creatively repurpose what you've already got. Along with tons of beautifully lit photos, this upbeat, unintimidating book is packed with useful tips: how to make gallery walls that work, suggestions for styling mismatched furniture, ideas for flea market overhauls, and instructions for super-simple DIY decor projects.
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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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