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Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With over two hundred seasonal recipes, this guide provides techniques and expert advice to help harvest, preserve, and prepare the fruits and vegetables grown in the backyard into delicious dishes.
Author
Publisher
Kyle Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
304 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The growing popularity of vegetable gardening and buying locally grown produce has sparked an increase in home food preservation, such as canning, freezing, and drying. Join Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi on their two year-long journey discovering different methods of conserving food, as they combine traditional tried-and-tested preserving techniques with a thoroughly modern perspective, from smoking fish in Scotland to drying chiles in Sri Lanka. Learn...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xix, 235 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines basic concepts of ecology and practical techniques from composting and food preservation to solar water heating and alternative energy sources to create a sustainable lifestyle.
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
213 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The book is organized by sweeteners, and includes recipes like Sriracha-style Hot Sauce (using honey), Date Pancake Syrup (with maple), Cantaloupe Basil Jam and Marinated Multicolored Peppers (both sweetened with agave), and Fennel & Parsley Relish (sweetened with fruit juice).
Author
Publisher
Maple Tree Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
62 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of food, from early hunter-gatherers and domesticating animals for food to the science behind food preservation, produce cultivation, artificial flavor enhancers, and genetic modification.
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Do you want to eat fresh, local foods affordably? Have you thought about starting your own garden but are overwhelmed by all of the options?...Look inside to find: Planting, preparing and preserving information for more than 25 herbs, fruits and vegetables ; Advice on how to select the freshest produce at your supermarket ; A helpful chapter on preserving the harvest with tips for freezing, drying, canning, and preserving ; easy delicious recipes...
Author
Publisher
Creative Homeowner
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
'Backyard Homesteading' addresses the needs of many people who want to take control of the food they eat and the products they use--even if they live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. It shows homeowners how to turn their yard into a productive and wholesome 'homestead' that allows them to grow their own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals.
31) The art of preserving: ancient techniques and modern inventions to capture every season in a jar
Author
Publisher
Nourish
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
New and updated edition.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Sustainable, low-waste and delectable, preserved food is indispensable to any modern kitchen. Macdonald and Tee show you how to make the most of any hedgerow-foraged bounty, allotment gluts or leftovers. They cover time-honoured concoctions, as well as some modern combinations that will make your gift of homemade jam or chutney gratefully received. -- adapted from back cover
32) Putting food by
Author
Publisher
Plume Book
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Fifth edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 454 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers directions for canning, freezing, drying, pickling, and smoking foods and creating soups, vegetables, main courses, and desserts from preserved foods.
Author
Series
Publisher
Process Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
399 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
More than a cookbook, Preservation: The Art and Science of Canning, Fermentation and Dehydration demystifies the scientific concepts that inform the methods of food preservation in an easy to understand way. Taking Julia Child as her inspiration, certified Master Food Preserver Christina Ward has collected and translated both the scientific and experiential information that has long been the sole domain of academic scientists and elite chefs. Fueled...
Author
Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Prepare for worst-case scenarios whatever your living space. Our comfortable urban lives can be disrupted at a moment's notice. Whether by global disasters such as pandemic or war, or local catastrophes such as wildfires, floods or supply issues; you need to know how to respond to a variety of emergencies. Jim Cobb, an authority on disaster readiness, introduces you to techniques and strategies to prepare your home and loved ones. These simple measures--designed...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 150 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The eagerly anticipated follow-up to Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It offers more ideas for adventurous culinary DIYers to stock the larder with artisan food and drink, kitchen staples, tasty snacks, and gift-worthy eats. Want to make your own Plum Catsup (can it!), Strawberry Black Pepper Soda (bottle it!), and Chipotles in adobo (smoke it!)? Join food writer Karen Solomon in the culinary revolution that has changed the way people think about the boxed...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
292 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Wildcrafted Fermentation, Baudar describes in detail how to create bold, exotic ferments at home from the wild and cultivated plants in your local landscape or garden. From sauerkrauts and kimchis to rich pastes, soups, hot sauces, and dehydrated spice blends, he includes more than 100 easy-to-follow, plant-based recipes to rewild your probiotic palate. Step-by-step photos illustrate foraging, preparation, and fermentation techniques that will...
Publisher
Oxmoor House
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This handbook boasts more than 350 recipes ranging from jams and jellies to jerkies, pickles, salsas, and more -- including extender recipes to create brand new dishes using your freshly preserved farmer's market finds or vegetable garden bounty. Organized by technique, this book covers water bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting, freezing, dehydrating, and smoking. Instructions and step-by-step photos are included for beginners, while practiced...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Revised and updated /
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Classic French preserving techniques updated for a modern audience. Preserve fruit, vegetables, meat and fish with a beautifully illustrated guide from France's favorite food author. Enjoy local, fresh, organic food throughout the year. With more than 350 classic French recipes, both home cooks and chefs will learn traditional techniques for sweet and savory preserving, as well as smoking, pickling, and making charcuterie. France's favorite food...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 498 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"'The Art of Fermentation' is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making sauerkraut or yogurt, and in-depth enough to provide greater understanding and insight for experienced practitioners. While Katz expertly contextualizes fermentation in terms of biological...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The refrigerator may seem mundane nowadays, but it is one of the wonders of twentieth-century science--lifesaver, food preserver, social liberator. Part historical narrative, part scientific decoder, Chilled looks at early efforts to harness the cold at the ice pits of Persia (Iranians still call their fridges the "ice pit") and ice harvests on the Regents Canal. As people learned more about what cold actually was, scientists invented machines for...
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