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If you dream of living in a tiny house,
or creating a getaway in the back-
woods or your backyard, you’ll love
this gorgeous collection of creative and
inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins,
forts, studios, and other microshelters.
Created by a wide array of builders
and designers around the United States
and beyond, these 59 unique and innovative structures
show you the limits of what is possible. In addition, author
Derek Diedricksen includes six sets of building plans by
leading designers to help you get started on a microshelter
of your own.
#7812 $18.95real food
BREAD BY
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
The timeless allure of fresh bread has
been part of M E N
magazine since 1970, when they pub-
lished their first issue. You’ll find all the
classics, including rustic white, whole-
wheat sandwich bread, and sourdough.
There’s plenty of quick-breads and page after page of
country and holiday favorites, such as skillet cornbread,
Irish soda bread, and fruit- and nut-filled harvest breads.
Go beyond the traditional and try your hand at flatbreads,
boiled breads, naan, bagels, pizza crust ... even gluten-free
breads. With more than 150 tried-and-true recipes to
choose from, you’re sure to find new loaves to love.
#7678 $24.99CRAFT DISTILLING
2016 Bronze Winner of the
Independent Publisher Book Awards!
From mashing and fermenting to
building a small column still, Craft
Distilling is a complete guide to creat-
ing high-quality whiskey, rum, and
more at home. This unique resource
will show you everything you need to know to get
started crafting top-quality spirits on a small scale — and
do it legally. Sure to appeal to hobbyists, homesteaders,
self-sufficiency enthusiasts, and anyone who cares about
fine food and drink, Craft Distilling is the ideal offering for
independent spirits.
#7801 $24.95COMPACT CABINS
Compact Cabins presents 62 design
interpretations of the getaway dream.
The cabins range in size from a
cozy 150 square feet to a more spa-
cious but still economical 1,000
square feet, and all include sleeping
accommodations, kitchen and bath
facilities, and a heat source. Complete chapters on low-
maintenance building materials, utilities and appliances,
and alternative energy sources supply you with the options
for living efficiently in small space.
#4436 $19.95DIY WOOD PALLET
PROJECTS
Featuring 35 creative upcycling ideas,
DIY Wood Pallet Projects will have you
transforming old wood pallets into
beautiful projects that will help fill
your home and yard with style and
personality. If you’ve never picked up
a power tool, don’t worry. The easy, step-by-step instruc-
tions guide you through the entire woodworking process as
you re-create all of your favorite designs.
#7419 $19.99THE FOUR SEASON
FARM GARDENER’S
COOKBOOK
The Four Season Farm Gardener’s
Cookbook is two books in one. It’s a
year-round, seasonal cookbook with
120 recipes to maximize the fruits
(and vegetables!) of your garden-
ing labor. It’s also a step-by-step
garden guide full of easy-to-follow instructions and plans
for different gardens. It covers properly sizing a garden,
nourishing the soil, and the importance of rotating crops
and planning ahead.
#6545 $22.95HOW TO BUILD
DRYSTACKED
STONE WALLS
This book shows how to build a
wall using the traditional meth-
od of dry stone masonry, in
which carefully selected stones
are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As
well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is stronger, more
stable, and more resistant to climate than a mortared wall.
The book features more than 100 full-color photographs
of walls, bridges, and decorative garden elements in various
steps of construction, as well as illustrations that show the
steps and cross sections that illustrate the building methods.
#8069 $29.95PROJECT SMOKE
Project Smoke tells you how to
make the alchemy that is barbe-
cue happen, with Steven Raichlen’s
seven steps to smoking nirvana; an
in-depth description of the vari-
ous smokers; the essential brines,
rubs, marinades, and barbecue
sauces; and a complete guide to
fuel, including how each type of wood subtly seasons a
dish. The book includes recipes for 100 enticing, succulent,
boldly flavored smoked dishes.
#7970 $22.95WILD FERMENTATION
Since its publication in 2003, and aided by
Sandor Katz’s engaging and fervent work-
shop presentations, Wild Fermentation has
inspired people to turn their kitchens
into food labs: fermenting vegetables into
sauerkraut, milk into cheese or yogurt,
grains into sourdough bread, and much
more. This updated and revised edition, now with full-color
photos throughout, features many brand-new recipes and
updates and refines original recipes, reflecting the author’s
ever-deepening knowledge of global food traditions that has
influenced four-star chefs and home cooks alike.
#8036 $29.95THE BIG BOOK
OF KOMBUCHA
Brewing your own kombucha at
home is easy and fun! You can
get exactly the flavors you want,
and for a fraction of the cost of
store-bought! This complete guide
shows you how to do it from
start to finish, with illustrated step-
by-step instructions and recipes for 286 different flavor
combinations. The book also includes information on the
many health benefits of kombucha, fascinating details of the
drink’s history, and recipes for delicious foods and drinks
you can make with kombucha.
#7817 $24.95BUILD YOUR OWN
BEEKEEPING
EQUIPMENT
Beekeeping equipment is expen-
sive, but it’s easy to make your own!
Tony Pisano’s step-by-step illustrated
instructions show you how to build
everything you need, including hive
bodies, supers, covers, hive stands,
frames, swarm catchers, feeders, and more. You can choose
among different hive styles, and many of the 35 projects
can be made using hand tools.
#6730 $19.95THE NATURALLY
CLEAN HOME
Keep your home clean, green, and
healthy! Common, nontoxic kitchen
ingredients such as baking soda, lemon,
and vinegar are wonderful household
cleaners and great replacements for harm-
ful chemical cleansers. Pair them with
essential oils to clean, disinfect, and freshen every room.
With more than 150 recipes for all-natural, easy-to-prepare
solutions, you can clean wood, glass, tile, porcelain, fabric,
carpets, and much more — naturally and safely.
#4637 $10.95101 ONEDISH DINNERS
In 101 One-Dish Dinners, Andrea
Chesman shows off the versatility of
Dutch ovens, skillets, and casserole
pans. Classic baked dishes like ham
and potato gratin, chicken potpie, and
vegetable lasagne go head-to-head with
diverse stovetop suppers like jambalaya,
seafood paella, and pad Thai. For those looking for some-
thing a little lighter but still filling, there are plenty of meal-
in-a-bowl salads and timeless soups. Serve up a nourishing
meal tonight with little fuss and fewer dishes!
#8032 $16.95ONEHOUR CHEESE
It’s a DIY cook’s dream come true:
It’s pizza night, and you’ve made
not only the crust and sauce but the
mozzarella, too. In a cookbook whose
results seem like magic but whose
recipes and instructions are specific,
easy-to-follow, and foolproof, Claudia
Lucero shows step by step (with every step photographed)
how to make 16 fresh cheeses at home, using easily avail-
able ingredients and tools, in an hour or less.
#7407 $14.95NEW!NEW!BREAD: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Bread is an innovative mix of traditional
history, cultural history, travelogue, and
cookbook. William Rubel begins with
the amazing invention of bread approxi-
mately 20,000 years ago in the Fertile
Crescent and ends by speculating on
the ways in which cultural forces and
advances in biotechnology may influence
the development of bread in the 21st
century. Here, general readers will find an approachable
introduction to the history of bread and to the many
forms that bread takes throughout the world, and bread
bakers will discover a history of the craft and new ways of
thinking that will inspire experimentation.
#5909 $18.00 $11.48CLEARANCEREVISEDdiy
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