Food & Food Preparation

Homeschooler Jonni McCoy presents very frugal but tasty recipes to help single-income families survive. Every recipe has a nutritional analysis.

From Amazon - There has been a need for a comprehensive one-volume reference on the manufacture of meats and sausages at home. There are many cookbooks loaded with recipes which do not build any foundation for the serious hobbyist to follow. This leaves him with little understanding of the sausage...

From Publishers Weekly - Without the faintest hint of apology, Ruhlman and Polcyn present an arsenal of recipes that take hours, and sometimes days, to prepare; are loaded with fat; and, if ill-prepared, can lead to botulism. The result is one of the most intriguing and important cookbooks published this...

From Booklist - Ruhlman, who explained the basic ingredients, tools, and cookbooks essential to the home chef in The Elements of Cooking (2007), now offers an illuminating read on the magic numbers that lie at the heart of basic cookery. He divides the book into five parts (doughs, stocks, sausages,...

Curing and smoking meat using natural and synthetic casings Selecting and storing meat and choosing other ingredients Fresh Italian Sausage, Dried Beef, Andouille Sausage, Kippered Salmon Great Sausage Recipes and Meat Curing is the most comprehensive book available on sausage making and meat curing and has sold...

An Illustrated guide to 70 wild plants, and over 350 irresistible recipes for serving them up

An intimate yet informative guide to harvesting and cooking wild foods from beach to forest. Once thought to be the stuff of back-to-the-landers, foraging has become a gourmet pastime, and there are a growing number of wild-food classes in which experts teach hungry folks how to spot the food at...

From Amazon - Cooking Close to Home: A Year of Seasonal Recipes is a collection of over 150 original recipes designed to follow the seasons. Whether you are a home gardener, a farmers' market regular, or a member of a community-supported agriculture program, this cookbook will serve as a seasonal...

From Publishers Weekly This thorough, thought-provoking account of the illicit raw milk trade comes from a veteran health and business journalist who has followed the story on his blog (thecompletepatient.com) since 2006. Elaborating his online posts, Gumpert looks at the industry in Michigan, California, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, offering...

From Booklist Not so very long ago the term "American cheese" meant a bland product good for little except melting atop a hamburger patty. Thanks to the efforts of a host of cheese makers around the country, American cheese has begun developing a range of tastes and textures to rival...