| The Sullivan Street Bakery Cookbook by Jim Lahey with Maya JosephWhat it is: a cookbook featuring various recipes from the author's famous, Italian-influenced New York City bakery.
Why you should read it: Remember that easy no-knead, Dutch-oven bread recipe that took over the internet a while back? Yeah, that's Jim Lahey's; clearly the man knows his way around a kitchen.
Recipes include: several sourdough starters, Simple No-Knead Sourdough, Apple-Fennel Pizza, Orange Olive-Oil Cake, Oven-Baked Pasta, Chili, Garlic Roast Potatoes, and Panettone. |
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I love tasty: The unofficial cookbook
by Catrine Kelty
"Tasty has revolutionized what a recipe should look like, making cooking fast, fun, and visual. Here is the perfect gift, full of beautiful step-by-step photos, for every Tasty lover"
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Big impact landscaping: 28 DIY projects you can do on a budget to beautify and add value to your home
by Sara Bendrick
If you've ever looked at the weed-filled expanse that passes for your backyard and wondered why your family never uses it, then this book is for you. Sara Bendrick, host of I Hate My Yard! and Build It Like Bendrick, addresses the most common homeowner requests for affordable ways to bring privacy, shade, dining areas, fire features and manageable plantings into their yards to increase their enjoyment of outdoor spaces and increase the value of their home.
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Tasty. Naughty. Healthy. Nice: Whole food made sinfully delicious
by Susan Jane White
Like many of us, Susan Jane White spent a long time fighting her body, riding the wheat-sugar-dairy merry-go-round, thinking her diet couldn’t possibly be the reason she felt so ill. Once she liberated herself from that circuit, she discovered a whole world of fabulous ingredients to explore. Tasty. Naughty. Healthy. Nice. is about discovering true food bliss, and the over 135 recipes are anything but restrictive. Let Susan Jane, in her own hilarious fashion, show you the tasty way to a healthier you, and who says you can’t throw in a little naughty while you’re at it? Whether you are a newcomer to whole food living, a busy mum trying to find healthy snacks and meals, or just looking for new healthy inspiration, give yourself a high-five for deciding to dive into these recipes.
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The Mr. X stitch guide to cross stitch
by Jamie Chalmers
If you think you know what cross stitch is, look again! Jamie Chalmers, aka Mr X Stitch, shows you how to cross stitch using simple step-by-step instructions and also takes you to the frontiers of cross stitch design. The book is aimed at stitchers of all abilities, from absolute beginners looking to learn a new craft to embroiderers and cross stitchers who want to do something different in cross stitching. For many, cross stitch conjures up images of cute kittens and country cottages, but this book shows people that there's a different side to cross stitching - that it's an art in its own right, and will encourage them to be a little braver with their art.
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Lomelino's pies: A sweet celebration of pies, galettes, and tarts
by Linda Lomelino
Perennially popular pies get a fresh and indulgent twist by social media superstar and cook, food stylist, and photographer Linda Lomelino. Discover the glorious possibilities of the humble pie. From the tart and fruity to the luscious and gooey, Lomelino's Pies offers a delicious range of sweet pastries. World-renowned baker and food photographer Linda Lomelino presents a rich variety of pies, galettes, tarts, and more from Peach and Strawberry Pie with Brown Butter to Nut and Caramel Pie; Hand Pies with Pears and Ginger; Fig Tart with Mascarpone, Rosemary, and Walnuts; and S'mores Pie. With lessons on making pie dough, forming decorative tops, and determining the best glaze, and with base recipes for pastries, sauces, and toppings, this book will help you perfect the art of pie.
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Fabric and fiber inventions: Sew, knit, print, and electrify your own designs to wear, use, and play with
by Kathy Ceceri
In this book you'll create your own fabric inventions as you learn to make wearables, playthings, and decorative items using textile arts, both old and new. Easy projects using will get you started knitting, adding colour to your wardrobe with silkscreen and batik, and transforming old clothing into useful items. Then you'll find out how soft circuits can give your creations personality with light, sound, and motion. Fabric and Fiber Inventions will show you how to turn everyday materials into unique designs everybody will love.
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Make great art on your iPad: Paint, draw, share
by Alison Jardine
If you want to start making great art on your iPad, then this book is for you! Even if you have absolutely no experience in art, you will learn fundamental art-school principles, a diversity of iPad art techniques, and then be ready to take the leap into making original artworks on your iPad. Innovative in scope, Make Great Art on Your iPad is structured around the classic genres of art, such as still life, landscape painting, portraits, and perspective. Often iPad art is associated only with the graphic and illustrative arts found in genres such as video games. This book is grounded firmly in the traditions of the fine art world.
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My tiny garden: Stylish ideas for small spaces
by Lucy Scott
Think you don't have enough room to green up your act? Not everyone has access to outside space or what we traditionally think of as a garden, but we all have window ledges, doorways, stairways and unloved spots. My Tiny Garden is bursting with exciting ideas and savvy solutions to help you transform any neglected nook into a plant paradise. With mini meadows, blooming balconies and plant-packed pavements, we've unearthed over 25 amazing unconventional green spaces.
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The art and craft of wood: a Practical guide to harvesting, choosing, reclaiming, preparing, crafting, and building with raw wood
by Silas J. Kyler
Perfect for the woodworking hobbyist or aspiring DIYer, an introduction to the world of backyard lumberjacking and the basics of wood craft, through illustrated steps, shows readers how to mill, stack, dry and flatten wood into usable lumber and create a variety of useful household furnishings.
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