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Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes
Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes
by Diane Morgan
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From the author of more than 10 cookbooks comes this comprehensive guide and collection of recipes using root vegetables. Discover the fascinating history and lore of 29 major roots, their nutritional content, how to buy and store them, and much more... (read more)

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Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting and Storage Tips
Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting and Storage Tips
by Willi Galloway and Jim Henkens
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From sinking a seed into the soil through to sitting down to enjoy a meal made with vegetables and fruits harvested right outside your back door, this gorgeous kitchen gardening book is filled with practical, useful information for both novices and... (read more)

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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire, water, air, and earth—to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things... (read more)

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver and Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp
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After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more)

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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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#1 New York Times Bestseller Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what... (read more)

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
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After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more)

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The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
by Carol Deppe
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Winner of About.com's Reader's Choice Award: Best Garden Book Since 2010Selected by Amazon.com as one of the Top 10 Books of 2010 in the Home and Gardening Category!CREATIVE, PRODUCTIVE GARDENING FOR GOOD TIMES AND BAD.In an age of erratic weather and... (read more)

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A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It
A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It
by Peter Pringle
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Forty-nine million people — including one in four children — go hungry in the U.S. every day, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all. Inspired by the acclaimed documentary A Place at the Table, this... (read more)

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The Home Distiller's Handbook: Make Your Own Whiskey & Bourbon Blends, Infused Spirits and Cordials
The Home Distiller's Handbook: Make Your Own Whiskey & Bourbon Blends, Infused Spirits and Cordials
by Matthew Teacher
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CREATE YOUR OWN SIGNATURE BLENDS! Like to dabble, invent, experiment, and concoct? Like to drink? Move beyond bartending and learn how to combine alcohol with herbs, spices, fruit, and more to create your own custom blends! This book guides you step-by... (read more)

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Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do about It
Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do about It
by Anna Lappe
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Beyond what we already know about "food miles" and eating locally, the global food system is a major contributor to climate change, producing as much as one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. How we farm, what we eat, and how our food gets to the table... (read more)

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True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure
True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure
by Andrew Weil and Sam Fox
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When Andrew Weil and Sam Fox opened True Food Kitchen, they did so with a two-fold mission: every dish served must not only be delicious, but it must promote the diner's wellbeing. True Food supports the same mission, with freshly imagined recipes that... (read more)

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A Householder's Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics for the Home and Beyond
A Householder's Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics for the Home and Beyond
by Harriet Fasenfest
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Nowadays, “go local,” “organic food,” and “sustainability” are on the tip of everyone's tongue. Harriet Fasenfest's A Householder's Guide to the Universe takes up the banner of progressive homemaking and urban farming as... (read more)

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Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
by Mark Bittman
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From the award-winning champion of culinary simplicity who gave us the bestselling How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian comes Food Matters, a plan for responsible eating that's as good for the planet as it is for your weight and... (read more)

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Kitchen Garden Cookbook: Celebrating the Homegrown & Homemade
Kitchen Garden Cookbook: Celebrating the Homegrown & Homemade
by Jeanne Kelley
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There are few things more rewarding than sitting down to enjoy a delicious meal made with fruits, vegetables, eggs, or honey harvested right outside your back door. This gorgeous kitchen gardening cookbook is filled with simple and inspiring recipes as... (read more)

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Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
by Peter Menzel
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On the banks of Mali's Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the USA, the Ronayne-Caven family enjoys corndogs-on-a-stick with a tossed green salad. This age-old practice of... (read more)

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The Prepper's Cookbook: 365 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food Into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals
The Prepper's Cookbook: 365 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food Into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals
by Tess Pennington
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The Preppers Cookbook is an excellent resource and foundation that covers many topics of preparation. Especially helpful for the seeker and the new-to-prepping, however, there are great ideas for even the seasoned prepper. —Real Food Living Its... (read more)

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The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook
The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook
by Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman
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Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman are America's foremost organic gardeners — and authorities. Barbara is the author of The Garden Primer, and Eliot wrote the bible for organic gardening, The New Organic Grower. Today they are the face of the... (read more)

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The Hippy Gourmet's Quick and Simple Cookbook for Healthy Eating
The Hippy Gourmet's Quick and Simple Cookbook for Healthy Eating
by Bruce Brennan
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From the host of the hit PBS show "The Hippy Gourmet" comes an easy-to-use companion cookbook featuring recipes that use minimally processed, natural ingredients.... (read more)

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The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More Than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients
The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More Than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients
by Keith Snow
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“Harvest Eating” is a lifestyle of cooking and eating using methods that have been practiced for centuries all over the globe. Chef Keith Snow has introduced thousands to the idea of getting back to the source by eating locally grown and... (read more)

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Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
by Mark Bittman
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Do you want to lead a healthier, more sustainable life? If so, let Food Matters be your common-sense guide to slimming your waistline and your carbon footprint. Bittman examines the energy and calories it takes to produce a meal before it even lands on... (read more)

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