Sunday, November 14, 2010

Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist

Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist
Fresh Takes on Favorite Dishes
by Cat Cora and Ann Kruegar Spivack
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Each recipe in this cookbook follows Cat Cora's motto: just because a dish is a classic doesn't mean it can't be improved upon. These dishes are relatively low fat, quick to prepare, and require ingredients common to most kitchens.

Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist
Review: Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist
Cookbooks
Submit a Book for Review

Friday, November 12, 2010

Good Old Books: Make Your Own Fuel

Make Your Own Fuel
by Jerry Wilkerson
Young Publishers, 1979

The fuel we're talking about making is alcohol.

It will burn in your car. It will burn in your oil furnace (with a slight modification). It will run a generator. It will work in all the place where you are now using petroleum products as fuel.

Make Your Own Fuel
Farm and Garden Books
Book Search

Monday, November 8, 2010

Culinary Careers

Culinary Careers
How to Get Your Dream Job in Food with Advice from Top Culinary Professionals
by Rick Smilow and Anne E. McBride
Clarkson N Potter Publishers, 2010

Based on interviews with culinary professionals, this book offers insight and advice to anyone considering a food industry career. It details a surprisingly large menu of food-related jobs with inside information on workday realities and recipes for success.

Culinary Careers
Review: Culinary Careers
Submit a Book for Review

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Now in Review: Cultivating an Ecological Conscience

Cultivating an Ecological Conscience
Essays from a Farmer Philosopher
by Frederick L. Kirschenmann

Theologian, academic, and third-generation organic farmer Frederick L. Kirschenmann is a celebrated agricultural thinker. In the last thirty years he has tirelessly promoted the principles of sustainability and has become a legend in his own right.

This book documents Kirschenmann's evolution and his lifelong contributions to the new agrarianism in a collection of his greatest writings on farming, philosophy, and sustainability.

Cultivating an Ecological Conscience
Farm and Garden Books
Reviews Archive

Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening

Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening
by Robert Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough
Cool Springs Press, 2010

Montana horticulturists Robert Gough and Cheryl Moore Gough offer compassionate advice to Rocky Mountain gardeners coping with the region's brief growing seasons, unexpected frosts, droughts and poor soil.

This book profiles more than 40 vegetables that can be grown in the Rocky Mountain region, from asparagus to winter squash, with tips on the planting, care and harvesting of each vegetable.

Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening
Farm and Garden Books
Review Archives
M Hofferber Books

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The Profitable Hobby Farm

The Profitable Hobby Farm
How to Build a Sustainable Local Foods Business
by Sarah Beth Aubrey
Howell Book House, 2010

Here's a new guide to launching a hobby farm business, composed by a self-proclaimed farm-girl-turned-entrepreneur who explains how to profit from the local foods movement and new opportunities in niche agriculture.

What is it that you enjoy raising or growing or crafting by hand? Whether it is pastured cattle, organic vegetables or goat cheese, this book details the steps involved in turning your avocation into a profitable hobby or even a professional career.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Resilient Gardener

The Resilient Gardener
Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
by Carol Deppe
Chelsea Green, 2010

Not since the self-sufficiency movement in the 1970s has an American published a book that so adequately explains what it takes to live off the land, even in the midst of climate change and natural disasters.

Author Carol Deppe, a biologist as well as an avid gardener, emphasizes taking control of your own food supply. Her book uses recent discoveries in science to point out ways of making home gardening more efficient and practical. It also suggests ways to prepare for the worst - natural disasters, financial collapse, climate changes, and more.

The Resilient Gardener
Review: The Resilient Gardener
Farm and Garden Books
Review Archives
M Hofferber Books