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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2021 |
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| Jew-ish: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch by Jake CohenWhat's inside: An entertaining modern take on Jewish cooking; over 100 recipes; color photos; pantry must-haves; holiday menus; tidbits about Jewish history and traditions. Recipes include: Jake's Perfect Challah; Bagel Chips; Roasted Garlic Hummus; Pastrami Biscuits and Gravy; Spinach-Artichoke Kugel; Saffron Chicken Noodle; Matzo Tiramisu; Sour Cherry Rice Pudding. Read these next: Sababa by Adeena Sussman or King Solomon's Table by Joan Nathan. |
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What it is: A cookbook with wide-ranging roots and a very deep heart. What's inside: 70 authentic, off-the-beaten-path recipes for delicious dishes from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Eritrea, Venezuela, and other countries, shared by chefs who arrived in the US as refugees and immigrants and found work at the Eat Offbeat catering kitchen in New York. What it does: More than a celebration of delicious foods from around the world, this recipe collection - with its intimate chef profiles and photographic portraits - allows people who have been displaced to share their cherished cuisines, in their own words. |
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What's inside: All the knowledge necessary for anyone thinking of embracing a self-sustaining lifestyle and farming their own plot. Featuring: - The Kitchen Garden: Designing and planning a plot, choosing and planting crops
- The Orchard: Planting fruit trees.
- Animals: Raising bees, poultry, lambs, and pigs
- The Garden: Planting a wildflower meadow, a woodland, and even a nuttery.
- The Outbuildings: A close look at the barn, the woodyard, the workshop, and the store.
- The Farmhouse: Where produce is preserved, bread is baked, and dairy products are made.
Who it's for: Whether you want to move towards self-sufficiency in the city, the country, or the suburbs, Living the Country Dream puts your dream within reach. |
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Why you'll like it: From miniature herbs and salad greens to tiny strawberry plants, baby beets, and mini cabbages, you’ll quickly discover that micro gardening offers a surprisingly diverse and delicious array of edible opportunities. Creative projects include: - A window box of mini potatoes for a porch, deck, or fire escape railing
- A mini lettuce table that serves to both grow food and hold your beverage
- A compact “cake tower” of strawberry plants
- A wine box spice garden
- A mini food fountain with herbs, veggies, and edible flowers
- A small-space omelet garden for cooking up the perfect breakfast
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Why you'll like it: Use the power of houseplants to protect you from the pollution and stresses of modern life.
What it does: Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, this book reveals the 50 most life-enhancing houseplants and shows how they can actively purify the air and improve your mental well-being through their color, scent, habit, and nurturing needs. |
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Why you'll like it: Crepe paper is the best material for creating paper flowers, especially for beginners. It's forgiving and malleable - easy to cut, bend, curl, and shape into peony petals, daffodil trumpets, chrysanthemum blooms, and more. What's inside: Tips on tools and techniques plus detailed instructions for creating flowers and floral arrangements from crepe paper. |
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What it is: A beautiful step-by-step guide to painting plants, from lilies to daffodils, in a wide variety of styles. What's inside: Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions for painting 25 flowers, leaves and plants, organized by form and shape. Why you'll like it: Everyday Watercolor Flowers is every nature-lover's answer to capturing the beauty of botanicals on paper. |
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What it is: The essential tool for flower selection and arrangement, and a primer to understanding and appreciating flowers and color. Why you need it: More than anything else, color is how people instinctively think about flowers - whether planning for a wedding, commemorating an occasion, or looking for an easy way to bring life to a space. Why you'll like it: Showcasing 400 flowers at their peak, Flower Color Guide is the first reference book to organize flower types by color, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative color schemes - and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. |
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| Japanese Paper Flowers: Elegant Kirigami Blossoms, Bouquets, Wreaths and More by Hiromi Yamazaki
What it is: A step-by-step guide to using paper to craft over 30 "exquisite and realistic-looking flowers" (Booklist), such as lily |
of the valley, tulip, hydrangea, lavender, rosebud, dahlia, and cherry blossom. Templates, helpful hints, and information on materials and tools are all included. Don't miss: The pretty projects - a brooch, a photo frame, a floral crown, wreaths, and more - that utilize the handmade paper blooms. |
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