Everyday Cheesemaking is an introduction to DIY home cheese making made simple and accessible. K. Ruby Blume introduces you to the concepts, equipment, and ingredients necessary to making cheese at home successfully the very first time you try. The book offers clear instructions, humorous stories, and dozens of recipes and troubleshooting tips. You'll learn about running a small home goat dairy and how to make non-dairy cheese recipes using nut milks. With its light and practical approach,...

Your No-Fuss Beginner's Guide to Preparing Fermented FoodsGet the most from your meals with probiotic-packed fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, and kefir. With Home Fermentation, you'll prepare these popular ferments in your own kitchen—no fancy equipment or expensive ingredients required.Your practical primer to fermenting foods, Home Fermentation takes you step-by-step through the process of fermenting a wide variety of f...

Always Be PreparedWhat if your life was disrupted by a natural disaster, food or water supply contamination, or any other type of emergency? Do you have the essentials for you and your family? Do you have a plan in the event that your power, telephone, water and food supply are cut off for an extended amount of time? What if there were no medical or pharmaceutical services available for days, weeks, or months? How prepared are you?With this guide by your sid...

Just a century ago, cheese was still a relatively regional and European phenomenon, and cheese making techniques were limited by climate, geography, and equipment. But modern technology along with the recent artisanal renaissance has opened up the diverse, time-honored, and dynamic world of cheese to enthusiasts willing to take its humble fundamentals—milk, starters, coagulants, and salt—and transform them into complex edibles.Artisan Cheese Making at Home is the most ambi...

You will find within this guidebook the recipes for a great selection of international cheeses like Cheddar, Cheshire, Cream Cheese, Blue cheese. French cheeses like: Brie and Camembert, Fromage Blanc Cheeses. Italian cheeses like, Mozzarella Parmesan, Gorgonzola Dolce, Robiola Cheese, Italian Basket Cheese 'Canestrato' and . Gouda and Ricotta and many more… but the book is a guide and once you have mastered the art of cheesemaking you will be able to experiment with confidence making trul...

Learn how to soothe sunburns, dry-clean your dog, and perform other household miracles with this book "full of baking soda wizardry" ( Chicago Tribune).Want to relieve your stuffy nose? Make your musty old books smell better? Kill roaches without pesticide? You can do it all with baking soda, and this updated edition of Baking Soda Bonanza shows you how! Cheap, ecologically sound, and more effective than most household cleaners, baking soda can be ...

This is the ultimate gourmet, living foods "uncookbook" for busy people. You don't have to sacrifice taste or style to reap the benefits of raw foods. These delectable, easy recipes emphasize fresh, animal-free ingredients and how to include more organics into your daily diet. Chef Ani offers delicious raw, animal-free versions of: breakfast scrambles, pancakes, chowders, bisques, and other soups, cheezes, mylks, lasagna, burgers, cobblers, pies, and cakes, and more. Included are recipes f...

This collection of useful recipes, cleaning concepts and tips is full of ideas that have worked for others and will work for you. Whimsical line drawings by illustrator, Martha Campbell add a humorous touch to this wonderful addition of a home reference bookshelf filled with books by Vicki Lansky.A bit if history about, wonderful recipes for, and a lot of amazing uses for—VINEGAR are in this 7" x 6" trade paperback. One hundred and twenty pages fill this fun and practical compendium...

Herbs have been used in cooking for hundreds of years. They can, and should, be an integral part of your life in the kitchen, adding extra layers of delicious flavour and interest to your cooking. This short-e guide looks at the most popular and easily obtainable culinary herbs, plus a few that are slightly more unusual but are nevertheless worth seeking out. The availability of a wide range of fresh herbs at supermarkets makes it easy to include them in your cooking. You can...

With dozens of recipes for bacon, corned beef, jerky, pepperoni, and more, this no-nonsense guide is an excellent resource for preserving and storing meat.Preserve your meat properly and enjoy unparalleled flavor when you’re ready to eat it. This simple reference book covers all the major meat preserving techniques and how to best implement them. You’ll learn how to corn beef, pickle tripe, smoke sausage, cure turkey, and much more, all without using harsh chemical...

Discover how to preserve your favorite foods in every season with the easy techniques and recipes in this comprehensive guide (includes photos).Learn the process of fermentation from start to finish, and stock your pantry and refrigerator with delicious fruits, vegetables, dairy, and more. Fermenting is an art and a science, and Alex Lewin expertly takes you through every step, including an overview of food preserving and the fermentation process. Get to know the he...

This unique book celebrates one of natures most powerful ingredients and how to use it for health, cleaning and in cooking. Vinegar is an amazing product, which has hundreds of uses around the home. A natural cleaner, it can be used to freshen laundry, to cleanse and fragrance the air, and to add sparkle to many household surfaces. Vinegar comes in many forms, from red wine and cider varieties to malt and rice vinegars. You can even make your own vinegar at home. In the kitchen, it is a po...