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An environmentally friendly sourcebook that is actually two books in one, providing everything the gardener needs to know about setting up a healthy, growing environment within a sunspace. Plus, a complete guide to growing flowers, vegetables and herbs in the greenhouse. Highly recommended.

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Step-by-step illustrated instructions, informative charts and a host of delicious recipes make this an indispensable kitchen reference. Covers freezing, canning, drying and pickling produce fresh from the market or garden.

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This 304-page cookbook offers 225 easy-to-make recipes. There are recipes with zucchini as the main ingredient and many illustrate ways to subtly incorporate this delectable vegetable into a dish.

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The consummate home cheese making book, Home Cheese Making has been updated and revised to reflect the recently revived interest in artisan-quality cheeses and the availability of home cheese making supplies and equipment.

Discover 75 recipes for making your own cheese and other dairy products that require basic cheese making techniques and the freshest of ingredients, offering the satisfaction of turning out a coveted delicacy. Among the tested, step-by-step recipes in this cheese making book are farmhouse cheddar, gouda, fromage blanc, queso blanco, mascarpone, ricotta and 30-minute mozzarella. Recipes for dairy products include crème fraîche, sour cream, yogurt, kefir, buttermilk and clotted cream.

As the most comprehensive cheese making book on the market, Home Cheese Making also features recipes for cooking with cheese, including such treats as Ricotta Pancakes with Banana Pecan Syrup, Cream Cheese Muffins, Broiled Pears and Vermont Shepherd Cheese, Prosciutto and Cheese Calzones, and Grilled Vegetable Stacks with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce.

Profiles of home cheese makers and artisan cheese makers scattered throughout this cheese making book share the stories of people who love to make and eat great cheese. Also included in Home Cheese Making is information on how to enjoy homemade cheeses, how to serve a cheese course at home, cheese tips, lore, quotes, a home cheese making glossary and more.

About the author:

Ricki Carroll is the founder of the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company, in Ashfield, Mass., which has been offering cheese support and expertise since 1978.

Recommended Product for Wiser Living: Today, more than ever before, our society is seeking ways to live more conscientiously. To help bring you the very best inspiration and information about greener, more sustainable lifestyles, Mother Earth News is recommending books and products to its readers. For 40 years, Mother Earth News has been North America’s “Original Guide to Living Wisely,” creating books and magazines for people with a passion for self-reliance and a desire to live in harmony with nature.

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LOCAL FLAVORS: COOKING AND EATING FROM AMERICA'S FARMERS' MARKETS

Best-selling cookbook author Deborah Madison takes readers along as she explores farmer's markets across the country, sharing stories, recipes and dozens of market-inspired menus.

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In 1992, at age 38, author Lillie Shockney was diagnosed with breast cancer. As a nurse, as an administrator at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and as a child growing up on a farm in Maryland, she has seen such cancer before. Her journey to becoming a member of the Breast Cancer Survivors' Club and a tireless crusader for women's health and well-being will inspire and challenge readers, whether they are newly diagnosed, are the caregiver or loved one of a breast cancer patient, or just want to know more about a disease that affects one in eight women.

Praise:

Author Lillie Shockney's folksy style and brilliant humor demystifies and disarms breast cancer. This book returns power and hope to their proper places — the lives of survivors and their loved ones. - Barbara Harris, Shape Magazine

This book is a treasure for all breast cancer survivors, their family and friends. - Gretchen Derewicz, Breast Cancer Education Specialist, American Cancer Society

Most breast cancer patients initially focus only on their distress. No matter how things are, there are always happy and funny moments. Lillie helps you find these by relating her own experiences. - Dr. William Dooley, Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Breast Center

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From alfalfa to yellow dock, the more than 100 entries in this useful guide feature popular and practical uses of herbs and spices. Detailed enough for reference use and interest in herbal medicine.

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This comprehensive reference work features current guidelines on nutrition basics. Information on making a transition from a diet based on animal products to one centered on whole grains and fresh vegetables, plus sections on weight loss, heart and vascular renewal, female health, digestive problems, pregnancy and aging.

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Anyone seeking to shed pounds, increase energy and add a strong measure of protection against our most serious chronic illnesses will find the tools here. Medically sound and beautifully written.

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The Herbalist's Garden leads you inside the garden gates of 10 of North America's most enchanting herb gardens. Share their passion for growing and using herbs to enhance health, well-being and culinary delights. Full-color images.