Country Living The New Flavors of Country Cooking (Country Living)

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Country cooking, updated, illustrated, and delicious.

Two hundred and forty luscious and lushly photographed recipes for everything from soups to seafood to vegetables prove that contemporary country cooking is more than just meat, potatoes, and apple pie. Try these recipes from Country Living’s tempting menu: tasty Rosemary Garlic Chicken, delicious Grilled Pork Tenderloin, succulent Honey Grilled Salmon, and mouthwatering Sage Corn on the Cob. These dishes represent all the new trends in American country cooking, inspired by farmer’s markets with their superb variety of fresh produce. Everything tastes better than ever, with the meat often grilled, the potatoes roasted with herbs, and the pies made with delectable and unusual types of fruit. If Cold Avocado Soup, Sautéed Summer Squash with Pistachio Pesto, and Quail with Golden Cherry BBQ Sauce don’t say “country” to you now, this unique cookbook will change that forever.

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Coin Clinic 2
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Coin Clinic 2
Alan Herbert
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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practical, stress free gardening

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ORGANIC HOME GARDENER

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long
Eliot Coleman , and Barbara Damrosch
Manufacturer: Chelsea Green
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1890132276

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If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the south of France. He shows how North American gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without supplementary heat. Coleman expands upon his own experiences with new ideas learned on a winter-vegetable pilgrimage across the ocean to the acknowledged kingdom of vegetable cuisine, the southern part of France, which lies on the 44th parallel, the same latitude as his farm in Maine.
This story of sunshine, weather patterns, old limitations and expectations, and new realities is delightfully innovative in the best gardening tradition. Four-Season Harvest will have you feasting on fresh produce from your garden all through the winter.

Customer Reviews:

practical, stress free gardening.......2007-10-14

We love this book. We've practiced what is written in this amazing book for our first garden and were super pleased with the results. Many who have seen our garden are inquisitive about the techniques. My husband is more excited about compost than gardening, this book showed him how to make a great compost pit.

Does this book even need another 5-star review?.......2007-10-06

Even if you don't want to garden year round (if you do this is the only book you need), it's a fascinating and fact-filled read. He tells how to garden more efficiently, how to compost and rejuvenate soil with crop rotation and "green manure" and which direction to plant rows for optimal time in the sun. There are formulas throughout such as how high a retaining wall to build to protect plants from cold (the wall heats up during the day and radiates warmth back during the night), or how many degrees to slant a bed to maximize sun and minimize cold wind damage. He tells how to plan succession planting to have vegetables year round, rather than one humungous crop all at once. His tone is congenial, never talking down or above his target audience. It's fascinating--if you buy you won't be sorry!

ORGANIC HOME GARDENER.......2007-08-04

This book is loaded with dynamite information. I have enjoyed reading it and will certainly make use of the info therein in the future!

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.......2007-07-15

Eliot Coleman has combined how-to text with drawings that inform and inspire. Highly recommended reading!

Helpful info.......2007-06-28

I am very excited about becoming self-sufficient in feeding my family of six. This book has extremely helpful ideas that are very cost effective. Highly recommend this book.

Table Settings for All Seasons in the Home and in the Flower Show

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Table Settings for All Seasons in the Home and in the Flower Show

Manufacturer: National Council of State Garden Clubs
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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Professional quality table settings using flower arrangements, for the home and for flower show competitions. How-to illustrations & diagrams and full-page color photos.

Getaways: Carefree Retreats for All Seasons

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This is 1 of my favorites
Ideas, Pictures, Variety of Styles!
A Ton Of Great Decorating And Design Ideas!
A TRUE GETAWAY
A book that is great fun!

Getaways: Carefree Retreats for All Seasons
Chris Casson Madden , and Jennifer Lévy
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0609603205
Release Date: 2000-03-21

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Whether it's a weekend home, a shady retreat out in the garden, or just the memory of a summer spent at the beach, many of us associate a specific place with a feeling of getting away from it all. It's a place one goes to feel removed from the stresses of modern life and leaves feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

Of course, your idea of a getaway depends on your definition of relaxation, and Chris Casson Madden's Getaways serves up a variety of exemplary, sometimes lavish, retreats, such as a 58-foot boat; a family farm with a menagerie of horses, ducks, geese, and goats; and a compound in the Hudson River Valley with its own natural waterfall. Several celebrity getaways are featured as well, including Michael Keaton's cabin on his Montana dude ranch, a boathouse on the Hudson River that serves as Toni Morrison's creative inspiration, and Katie Couric's country home.

Not all of Casson's getaways are the typical weekend or summer homes. Some are year-round retreats or even special rooms within a home. Donna Kaplan's re-created 19th-century French bathroom, with its antique glass perfume bottles, tapered candles, and fireplace, leaves her well rested after a long soak in the cast-iron tub. Lynn von Kersting and Richard Irving's Sunset Boulevard home has a pool and a porch filled with bohemian furnishings, cozy paper lanterns and candles, and lush tropical flowers and plants--a perfect spot for entertaining friends. Bob Levenson's garden getaway is a backyard arbor consisting of four intertwined gingko trees layered with clematis and climbing roses.

These imaginatively decorated and diverse retreats should inspire those with beach houses, cabins, and the like to consider how the elements of a "getaway" can be incorporated into their second home. And those currently without a getaway may be motivated to simply set aside a room or space outdoors that can serve as a sanctuary from busy otherworlds. --Kris Law

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A haven, a retreat, a special place that offers a sense of sanctuary--this is a getaway. And as Chris Casson Madden discovers in her beautiful new book, a getaway can be found in myriad forms and in varied locations. Whether it's a log cabin in the mountains, an elegant villa by the sea, or even a cozy suburban house lived in year-round, a true getaway encourages family gatherings and personal renewal.

In Getaways: Carefree Retreats for All Seasons, Chris celebrates the easygoing spirit that creates such havens. She uncovers a harbor hideaway on a New England island, a one-room cottage by the race tracks of Saratoga Springs, a sleek farmhouse in the Malibu hills, and a Hudson Valley treehouse built for two little girls by their father. Other delightful retreats include a fragrant garden arbor in a Long Island backyard, a fifty-year-old yacht moored off the coast of California, and Chris's own stone house in the suburbs of New York. She visits the private escapes of renowned architects, designers, and artists, as well as the weekend homes of Katie Couric, Michael Keaton, and Toni Morrison. Along the way, Chris discusses the importance of creating a getaway to our physical and spiritual well-being. She also reveals the simple design elements that can inspire a feeling of comfort and warmth in any house.

In describing her rebuilt boathouse, Toni Morrison speaks of "a vision of a place you've had in your mind and when you find yourself there, you recognize it." With more than two hundred glorious photographs, Getaways captures the essence of that vision and encourages readers to add its richness to their own homes.

Customer Reviews:

This is 1 of my favorites.......2006-11-22

I've read dozens of decorating and vacation home books and this was worth every penny...I totally enjoyed reading it!

Ideas, Pictures, Variety of Styles!.......2004-12-20

Getaways provides 224 pages of large, gorgeous, color pictures. There are antiques, piles of books, bedcoverings, lamps, gardens, accents, and fixtures... there are a variety of styles displayed and too much to mention. Each picture creates its own feeling and it is easy to pick & choose to make your own perfect 'getaway'. We used some basic ideas for wallcoverings, flooring, curtains, and lighting to make our perfect little escape!

A Ton Of Great Decorating And Design Ideas!.......2001-09-17

I saw this book in an expensive little shop in Gatlinburg, Tennessee last August, and later bought it cheaper over the internet. After reading several negative reviews here, and knowing the quality of this volume, I can't understand why people would not love this book. Contrary to what two reviewers state here, it is not a small volume and the photographs are extremely well done. They range from a picturesque dock out over a body of water to sunrooms, bedrooms, libraries, old desks, etc, with associated text, and most here can be done by people with any decent and modest budget.

I just wish I had this book last year when we had a house built, but it is useful now anyway. It is a treasure worthy of more than five stars.

A TRUE GETAWAY.......2001-08-01

Ms. Madden captured the essence of getting away, and right in your own home!! I thoroughly enjoyed this book; it gave me several ideas that I could apply to my own living situation. It's fun to just step into the homes of people that we'll never meet. The photos and text were just great. Keep on writing Chris we love it!!!

A book that is great fun!.......2001-07-16

This book allows one to dive into the lives of the rich and famous and see first hand the enviromment where those such as celebirites go to relax. This book is creative and one of a kind!!!

A Queen for All Seasons: A Year of Tips, Tricks, and Picks for a Cleaner House and a More Organized Life!

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Year-Round Cleaning
A Queen for All Seasons: By Linda Cobb
Uh hello?
Not all of us are SAHM's with nothing better to do...
A reader and real world person from ohio

A Queen for All Seasons: A Year of Tips, Tricks, and Picks for a Cleaner House and a More Organized Life!
Linda Cobb
Manufacturer: Pocket
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743428315

Book Description

The Queen of Clean

with her royal tips for every season,

an untidy home would almost be treason!

Winter

Make snow shoveling a breeze...store holiday decorations with no tangles...humidify dry indoor air...care for flannel sheets...make those Valentine's gems sparkle

Spring

Garden the natural way...allergy-proof your home...banish grass stains...color your Easter eggs

Summer

Prepare for family road trips...care for your camping equipment...keep bugs away without chemicals...clean your sports gear

Fall

Get organized for back to school...store your summer clothes properly...put away your air conditioner...prepare for stress-free holidays!

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The Queen of Clean with her royal tips for every season, an untidy home would almost be treason! Winter Make snow shoveling a breeze...store holiday decorations with no tangles...humidify dry indoor air...care for flannel sheets...make those Valentine's gems sparkle Spring Garden the natural way...allergy-proof your home...banish grass stains...color your Easter eggs Summer Prepare for family road trips...care for your camping equipment...keep bugs away without chemicals...clean your sports gear Fall Get organized for back to school...store your summer clothes properly...put away your air conditioner...prepare for stress-free holidays!

Customer Reviews:

Year-Round Cleaning.......2007-04-04

Don't think spring is the only time you have to do your cleaning. This book will show you how to divide up the work by season.

A Queen for All Seasons: By Linda Cobb.......2007-01-04

I think this book was very helpful to me in planning the different cleaning chores for all seasons. In stead of feeling like everything has to be done in the Spring of the year she shows you how to spread it out over the 12 months to accomplish the same results a clean house. I have tried may of her recipes for mixing up natural cleaning products and all I've tried have worked. I feel that Linda is really doing our planet some good by encouraging everyone to go back to using natural products and save our children, pets, planet.

Uh hello?.......2005-06-23

For those of you who hire a cleaning service - this is obviously not the book for you. If I hired a company to paint my house, I wouldn't buy a book on how to paint. Common sense, don't you think?

I for one, don't care for fly fishing. But the last thing I would do is look up a book on fly fishing - and write a review telling everyone how boring it is to fish!

As a mother of 2 young children who is looking to better organize my daily activities and my household - I loved the book. I can't wait to read more of her work.

Not all of us are SAHM's with nothing better to do..........2005-02-17

than read about cleaning! Wake up! This is reality. Most women work. Most men work. Not all of us working people have kids to stay at home with. Some of us work for a living, which leaves little free time. Reality is that I happily pay a cleaning service to clean my home, do my laundry, etc...once a week. This enables us to enjoy what little free time we have with each other rather than spend it on the drudgery which is housework. You've no room to call the other reader a snob.

A reader and real world person from ohio.......2004-07-01

First to the "snooty" I'll give mine away.. A reader from USA,
Since you received this for a shower gift, I can see why you were blinded with bliss. Has the real world set in yet? Well when it does, BUY the book, you'll need all the help it provides.
As for the millions of people who live in the real world this book is helpful, practical, and most importantly fun to read. Keep it as a reference when you are finished. QoC provides enjoyable reading and useful information for everyone, in each of her books. GREAT WORK!!

The Old Farmer's Almanac All-Season Garden Journal

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Binding: Spiral-bound

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The All-Season Garden Journal provides the perfect place to write gardening reminders, seed-ordering information, and personal gardening experiences from year to year. Includes planting tables plus advice for growing flowers, vegetables, lawns, and shrubs.

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Chimes for All Seasons
Linda Russell Whitcomb
Manufacturer: CKE Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: 1932327207

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Make your own glass wind chimes for every season and holidays. This book contains 15 different designs for glass wind chimes which can be either fused or constructed in stained glass using the copper foil method. There are chimes for Christmas, Easter, New Years, Haloween, Valentine's Day, Fourth of July and more. Detailed instructions and lots of color pictures included.

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Interesting but disappointing
A Beautiful Book, Great Photography
A soulful reflection of the impact of homes on our lives

Home for All Seasons
Meg Roberts , and Steven Roberts
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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Binding: Hardcover

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Interesting but disappointing.......2001-09-18

I bought this book because it was mentioned in an interior decorating magazine. The idea of decorating around one's favorite season was intriguing. The book is full of good photography,quality paper, elegant prose, and generalities; it is sparse on specifics. You do get some idea of color for the walls(usually white)and for furniture (usually wicker/rattan--three out of the four seasons). However, much of the rest is up to the reader to glean from the photographs. If you are into collecting decorating books, this is for you. If you are looking for help, turn elsewhere.

A Beautiful Book, Great Photography.......2000-02-22

This book is filled with photos of REAL places, rooms that I could have at home and really enjoy. I got some really great ideas and am planning to purchase some books to give as gifts to my friends and family. Meg and Steven Roberts have a real eye for great design.

A soulful reflection of the impact of homes on our lives.......1998-10-13

The design is classic and elegant, the writing insightful, and the powerful seasonal images make the homes real rather than flat design showcases. Enjoy!

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Felt & Wool for All Seasons (Leisure Arts #3622)

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Felt & Wool for All Seasons (Leisure Arts #3622)
Better Homes and Gardens; Leisure Arts
Manufacturer: Leisure Arts, Inc
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ASIN: 1574867695
Release Date: 2004-01-01

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Knits for All Seasons (Leisure Arts #3590)

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Knits for All Seasons (Leisure Arts #3590)
Spinrite; Leisure Arts
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ASIN: 1574868586
Release Date: 2004-10-01

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Leaflet features seven great fashion knit projects: elegant top and shawl, twin set, turtleneck sweater, striped pullover, raglan pullover, light and lacy wrap. All designs are made with Patons yarns.

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