Home, Garden, and DIY
January 2023
Baking Club at Tūranga
Do you love to bake? The Tūranga Baking Club meets to share recipes, baking tips and kai as we explore a different theme each month. Bring along your home baking, share your kai, meet new people, get advice from others and share your experiences, as you learn more about your passion.
First Wednesday of the month, 10.30–11.30am, Tūhuratanga | Discovery, Level 3, Tūranga
 
Recent Releases
Made with love: Get hooked with 30 knitting and crochet patterns
by Tom Daley

What it is: an inspiring introduction to knitting and crocheting by accomplished British diver and LGBTQIA activist Tom Daley, who credits the meditative aspects of the crafts with helping him win Olympic gold.

Projects include: Long Scarf, Balaclava, Cable Sweater, Swirl Vest, Stroller Blanket, Tote Bag, Bucket Hat, Cosy Slippers, Shaggy Cushion.

Why you might like it: Daley covers the basics, including explaining yarn labels, how to hold knitting needles, reading a pattern, and more.
Ghetto Gastro Black Power Kitchen
by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker

What it is: a combination of art, photos, poetry, essays, interviews, and 75 (mostly plant-based) recipes, by a multidisciplinary Bronx-based collective promoting Black excellence.

Recipes include: Black Power Waffle, Chopped Stease, Jade's Palace, Strong Back Stew, Triboro Tres Leches, Green "For the Money" Juice.

For fans of: Bryant Terry's Black Food: Stories, Art, and Essays.
The homemade year: Things to make, do and eat at home to welcome every season
by Lilly Higgins

What's inside: Lilly Higgins is the ultimate modern homemaker. Here she shares over 70 things to make, do and eat at home to welcome every season
Terrain: The houseplant book: An insider's guide to cultivating and collecting the most sought-after specimens
by Melissa Lowrie and the Terrain plant team

What it is: both a lovely coffee table book and an insightful guide to collecting and growing an assortment of houseplants, including less common ones, presented by Melissa Lowrie and others from the gardening company Terrain.

Chapters include: Small Wonders, Unfussy Friends, Ramblers.

Don't miss: the detailed section on caring for houseplants, the grower profiles, and the resource list.
Smitten Kitchen keepers: New classics for your forever files
by Deb Perelman

What it is: the tasty third cookbook from popular Smitten Kitchen blogger and Instagrammer Deb Perelman, who puts the spotlight on dozens of thoroughly tested recipes that readers will make again and again.

Recipes include: Slumped Parmesan Frittata, Bialy Babka, Essential French Onion Soup, Carrot Tarte Tatin, Cozy Chicken and Dumplings, Crispy Oven Pulled Pork, Portobello Hoagie, Strawberry Summer Stack Cake.
The new naturalists: Inside the homes of creative collectors
by Claire Bingham

What it is: From the nineteenth century's cabinets of curiosity to today's interest in sustainable dećor, obsessive collectors of natural objects have long filled their homes with their finds-everything from fossils and feathers to seeds and dried flowers.

This book offers a glimpse inside twenty homes of the most interesting and creative contemporary collectors, revealing the stories behind their collections and how they celebrate their love of nature in their everyday spaces. 
Cookbooks you may have missed
Food52: Simply genius: Recipes for beginners, busy cooks & curious people
by Kristen Miglore

What's inside: Founding editor of Food52 and Genius Recipes shares brilliant cooking tips from popular cooks in simple, but rule-breaking recipes including Buttermilk-Marinated Roast Chicken, Roasted Butternut Squash & Red Onion with Tahini & Za'atar, and Farro & Olive Salad.
Half baked harvest every day: Recipes for balanced, flexible, feel-good meals
by Tieghan Gerard

What it is: the latest cookbook from bestselling author and blogger Tieghan Gerard that offers 125 "healthy-ish" recipes focusing on tasty dishes using whole foods, plus tips and inspiring color photos.

Recipes include: Sheet Pan French Toast, Chai Orchard Doughnuts, Salmon Cobb Salad with Nutty Green Ranch, Pizza Pasta with Crispy Pepperoni Breadcrumbs, Spicy Shrimp Tacos, Chocolate Olive Oil Cake, Maple Oatmeal Lace Cookies. 
Treasures of the Mexican table: Classic recipes, local secrets
by Pati Jinich

What's inside: Inspired by the diversity of dishes in her homeland, Pati Jinich, star of the James Beard Award-winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table, offers 150 classic regional dishes, and stories to go with them.

Don't miss: the vibrant colour photos; the highlighted sections, such as "pillars of the Mexican pantry," "Tomatillos," and more. 

Recipes include: Sweet Lime and Chicken Soup, Double-Stacked Shrimp and Cheese Tacos, Oaxacan Oregano Roast Chicken, Rice with Lentils and Caramelized Onions, Classic Creamy Flan.
Whānaukai: Feel-good baking to share aroha and feed hungry tummies
by Naomi Toilalo

What's inside: A bilingual te reo/English cookbook from Naomi Toilalo. In 2017, Naomi was runner-up in TVNZ's Great Kiwi Bake Off. Baking should be a simple pleasure. In Whānaukai, celebrated baker Naomi Toilalo shares more than 70 of her tohutao reka - delicious recipes - all made without fancy equipment or hard-to-find ingredients. Featuring breads, slices, biscuits, cakes and pastries, Whānaukai is a window into the whakapapa that inspired Naomi's passion for baking, where feeding people has been a special part of her life for as long as she can remember.
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