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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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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 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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CLEARANCE ITEM. PREVIOUS RETAIL PRICE WAS $14.95 AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

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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Learn simple rules for a healthy diet, in a streamlined, easy-to-use format. The food combinations make delicious, protein-rich meals without meat. Offers hundreds of wonderful recipes.

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The authors have created the first multinational cuisine based on natural, organic, living food. There is no one diet for everyone. Learning how to select a diet that fits your unique constitution is the key to health and balance. This compelling synthesis of research and innovative dietary strategies charts new territory based on an age-old theme: Eat as nature intended.

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The revised and rejacketed third edition of Cider offers thorough coverage of every step of cider making, from choosing and planting the best apple varieties to enjoying the finished product. Recipes include sweet and hard ciders, sparkling cider blends, and cider-based foods.

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This is one of the first books to replace specific conventional medications with herbal equivalents. As the natural precursors of today's pharmaceuticals, herbs can reduce, even eliminate, dependence on medications. Arranged by ailment, herbal alternatives are offered for more than 500 prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. More than 100 ailments are covered, and an encyclopedia details more than 70 medicinal herbs.

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A virtually endless source of useful information and herbal know-how. Presented in an A-to-Z format, supplemented with easy-to-use charts and lists, that are beautifully illustrated with drawings and color photographs.