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Home, Garden, and DIYSeptember 2014
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Learning at our libraries
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New and Recently Released!
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| The living landscape: designing for beauty and biodiversity in the home garden by Rick Darke and Doug TallamyIn The Living Landscape, landscape designer Rick Darke and ecologist Doug Tallamy break down big topics like biodiversity and sustainability into useful advice for the average home gardener. Using lush, full-color photographs to illustrate their ideas, the authors show readers how to cultivate a beautiful, biodiverse garden ecosystem by integrating native species (of both flora and fauna) and by selecting plants for function. |
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| Defending your castle: build catapults, crossbows, moats, bulletproof shields... by William GurstelleIf you're looking for sensible, modern home security handbook, look elsewhere - this entertaining guide to constructing an old-fashioned arsenal is pure fun. Using history as the backdrop for DIY defenses, author and engineer William Gurstelle provides context for various notable military figures (such as Attila, Alexander, and Genghis Khan) before showing you which weapons you could build to defend yourself against them. |
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The kitchen bible: designing the perfect culinary space
by Barbara Ballinger
Kitchens have been transformed from a purely utilitarian workspace to a culinary-family-friends' Mecca where everyone congregates.Divided into two sections, this book will guide you through the process of designing the perfect kitchen. The first section takes you through a step-by-step approach to kitchen design and renovation, complete with questions to ask contractors, layout suggestions and check-lists. This is followed by over 30 inspiring kitchens, highlighting different options and styles to help you create your ideal space.
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| One-hour cheese: ricotta, mozzarella, chèvre, paneer - even burrata... by Claudia LuceroKnown for her DIY cheese kits, Claudia Lucero has found a new way to bring cheesemaking into home kitchens: an easy-to-use cookbook filled with cheese recipes that can be made - without any fancy equipment - in 60 minutes or less. Grouped by type of cheese (Creamy and Spreadables, Firm and Chewy, Melty and Gooey), the recipes include suggestions for variations, presentation, and coordinating snacks and drinks, all related in a tone so friendly that it's hardly a surprise when Lucero invites you to email her for "curd support." With stellar guidance and photographic instructions, you'll be whipping up your own meyer lemon ricotta, brown butter burrata, or curried paneer in a flash. |
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Outdoor wood projects: 24 projects you can build in a weekend
by Steve Cory
Outdoor Wood Projects features 24 projects for the backyard and garden that can be completed with basic DIY tooling, inexpensive materials, and beginner skills - and that should take no more than a weekend to build. Projects are grouped into the following categories: planters, window boxes, trellises, and outdoor furniture; and there is also a whole chapter devoted to projects built with bamboo. A number of the projects are constructed from reclaimed or recycled wood (such as an Adirondack chair made from wood pallets)
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"Grilling is inherently seasonal, celebratory, and social. We should be so fortunate as to interpret the rest our lives in the same way." ~ from Barton Seaver's Where There's Smoke
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| The Japanese grill: from classic yakitori to steak, seafood, and vegetables by Tadashi Ono and Harris SalatAdd some variety to grilling with yakitori, Japanese grilled kabobs (of pretty much anything) coated in a traditional saki-soy-brown sugar sauce and grilled to savory-sweet perfection. Those new to Japanese cooking need not shy away: the instructions are easy to follow and most recipes take only three to five readily available ingredients. The impeccable fusion of Japanese and American flavors make this a must-have for Asian cooking enthusiasts and grill-meisters alike. |
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Dutch oven: cooking over an open fire
by Carsten Bothe
For years, the Dutch oven has been popular on the grill and barbecue scene, and cooking with the "black pots" over an open fire has become a fashionable cult. Thus, the Dutch oven is more than merely a cast-iron cooking pot. It is a symbol of the Wild West, freedom and adventure, good food by a campfire, and life in the world of nature. With over 100 recipes, now you can learn to cook over open flames in a Dutch oven, conjuring such scrumptious dishes as juicy roasts, hearty casseroles, or baked crisp bread. Desserts, too, as well as typical bean dishes or casseroles, become child's play through simple directions making cooking easy and fun, even for a beginner.
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Wood-fired oven cookbook
by Holly Jones
Presents 70 recipes for pizzas, breads, roasts, and desserts to be cooked on an outdoor oven, and includes tips on constructing an outdoor oven, wood seasonings, temperature control, and party presentation
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| Where there's smoke: simple, sustainable, delicious grilling by Barton SeaverThose who believe that grilling is an art will relish this unconventional book, which focuses on using wood-seasoned charcoal fire to create complex aromas and extraordinary flavor. Unlike a lot of meat-centric grilling books, Where There's Smoke presents tons of flavorful veggie options such as Catalan grilled Ratatouille, Pickled Smoked Peaches, Smoky Deviled Eggs, and Wood-Grilled Snap Peas with Smoky Aioli. Meat and seafood are still well represented (there's a grilled meatloaf recipe that takes two days to cook!), as are beverages (including wine recommendations, cocktail instructions, and a recipe for smoky lemonade). Creative yet beginner-friendly, these sophisticated dishes "will please high-end backyard barbecue enthusiasts" (Library Journal). |
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