Book Description
A complete, illustrated natural history of the bears of the world.
Customer Reviews:
This is the most informative book about bears ever!.......1999-08-17
Anyone who is ever remotely interested in bears should read this book. It is suitible for all ages. I found it to be very informative and easy to understand. Anything you want to know about bears is in this book!
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A thorough exploration of the largest terrestrial carnivore in North America, by the author of The Wolf Almanac.
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A cultural history and almanac of the bear.......2001-05-28
Grizzly Almanac (143-4... provides a cultural history and almanac of the bear, covering everything from hunting regulations and changing environments to bear encounters with humans. An excellent guide to the grizzly.
Plagued by dubious cliches.......2001-03-16
Fine writing, but the facts are suspect. As an example, the chapter on bear attacks gives the usual spin that the odds of being killed in a car accident on your way to Yellowstone Park are greater than the odds of being killed by a grizzly in Yellowstone. Yeah, there's not much chance of encountering a grizzly in the vast parking lot at Old Faithful, but if you look at the rate of injuries from bears to hikers in Yellowstone's backcountry, it's readily apparent that people hiking in the backcountry are at far greater risk than people driving through the park in their Winnebago.
I give this book 3 stars only because the author is very sincere and trys to give a balanced presentation. In terms of accuracy and relevant facts, the Grizzly Almanac gets 1 star.
Busch has done it again!.......2001-01-31
Once again, Robert H. Busch has successfully compiled a complete and acurrate history of one of nature's greatest achievments. Written in terms that the general public can identify with, and accompanied by a multitude of photographs, charts, appendixes, and glossaries. This book displays all one would ever want and need to know about these great bears. An added touch of using his own photographs allows the reader to identify with the author--he or she is given a glimpse of everything that Busch saw through his camera lense. Quite simply, Busch has personalized the plight of the great bear in an effort to educate the greater population. His words linger long in memory, touching that piece of each of us that feels the need to rectify this outstanding injustice.
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Sports Postcard Price Guide.......2005-09-16
Disappointing.Was not as comprehensive as represented. Had I an opportunity to leaf through the book before purchasing it, I would have passed on it.
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Love It.......2006-08-08
This is a lovely book about greens and growing them. If you're interested in learning about them this may be the book for you. Charming and informative. There are some good recipes included. However, if you're looking for more recipes... then there are other choices that will be better.
Picture Book.......2005-06-01
This book is a garden-picture book for salad lovers. It has 3 main parts: the art of salad gardening, which discusses different approaches to gardening with greens, an encyclopedia of salad greens, which includes information about growing individual greens, and favorite salad recipes. At the back of the book are appendices covering basics of planting and maintenance, pests and diseases, and resources. The book is filled with colorful photographs of greens in gardens and on the dining table.
Planting and care information in this book is very basic. If you're just getting started with gardening, you may need to check with other sources for more detailed information. In contrast, if you're already an accomplished gardener, you probably won't need much planting information anyway, but some of the descriptions of the lesser known individual greens may prove useful. The gardening advice takes an organic approach rather than using chemicals. The recipes, which all call for cooking from basic ingredients rather than mixes or cans, look tasty and vary from being something you can throw together in a few minutes to very fancy dishes for special occasions. In general though, the book seems intended to be firstly a visual treat and only secondarily a gardening guide.
Edible Salad Garden.......2000-01-07
I loved this book. It inspired me to make my own personal garden a salad garden. I love the recipes and though I once found salads dull, I have changed my ways!
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- For the Neophyte Salad Gardener
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Salad Gardens (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Publications)
Manufacturer: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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For the Neophyte Salad Gardener.......2002-03-12
There is no doubting the significance of the salad in our diet, but alas, the nature of agriculture is such that many of the ingredients that we use in salads are bombarded with chemicals of all sorts. And not only that, now they want to muck about with the genetics of the plants as well. What's the solution? Grow your own salads. As we learn from Salad Gardens, yet another in the informative Brooklyn Botanic Garden series, this is by no means as preposterous suggestion as it may sound (especially to those with limited space). With just a small plot of land, one can grow all the lettuce, spinach, kale, tomatoes and chard etc. that one needs for a daily supply of salad. For those with limited space, there is the option of growing lettuce and other components in containers using varieties especially suited for this purpose. I found this book quite interesting, and it has succeeded in altering my garden plans for the coming season to include more salad-related vegetables (I'll pass on the flowers, though). Without hesitation it is a good book.
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- Great book for the price
- An Ok book
- Healthy eating, yes, if you want a total lifestyle overhaul...
- Wonderful All-Purpose Book.
- the best recipe book for health and taste
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Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook : Sprout Breads, Cookies, Salads, Soups and 250 Other Low Fat, Dairy-Free, Vegetarian Recipes
Steve Meyerowitz
Manufacturer: Sproutman Publications
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Book Description
Turn nuts, vegetable seeds, grains, and beans into gourmet food. Includes recipes for sprout breads, cookies, crackers, soups, pizza, bagels, dressings, dips, speads, nondairy milks, and ice-creams. Charts, photos, and illustrations included.
Customer Reviews:
Great book for the price.......2007-06-16
I got this book because I wanted to make sprout bread. The book is very informative. But 95% of the sprout recipes are for wheat. That is great if you want to sprout wheat, but I don't. It does repeat the same info in many parts of the book. But I would say over all I still say it is a great book. I am on a special diet so a lot of what he has in his recipes I can't use. But I did learn a few things.
An Ok book.......2007-05-12
It is a good book just not what I wanted. Not the kind of recipes I was looking for.
Healthy eating, yes, if you want a total lifestyle overhaul..........2006-04-16
I guess I'm not the typical reviewer here - I am interested in healthy eating, but without the context of a major life change for myself and my family of five... I'd like to find new ways to eat well, without undermining our entire familiar (mostly vegetarian, mostly well-balanced) diet.
Let's start with what this book IS: an excellent guide to using all types of sprouts, and to which types are good for which occasions - baking, stir-frying, salads, etc. It's also a rather overt advertisement for "Sproutman's" own website and sprouting tools (sprout bag, greenhouse, seeds, etc); fair enough.
The book is full of interesting, simple recipes and ideas for using sprouts either raw or with low temp cooking to get the most nutrition out of every green, crunchy bite. He's also thrown in a bunch of related nutrition stuff - non-sprout items like vegan ice creams and helpful alternatives to salt and other seasonings.
Still, I found that most of the recipes were impractical for family cooking. If two cups of sprouted wheat make a single small loaf or several crackers or cookies, it doesn't take long to realize I'm going to need wheat berries bursting out of every corner of my tiny kitchen in order to create one meal for the five of us.
And that's just bread! To create enough sprouts for us to eat a single salad, a single stir-fry, a single helping of sprouted nuts... well, we're probably going to need to renovate other areas of the house to accomodate all the grow-bags or baskets.
Also, many of the recipes are just variants on previous recipes. Like, he'll take a page to describe how to make a cracker, and then ANOTHER page - this is just an example from memory - on how to make seasoned crackers, and it's obvious the ingredients and steps are identical, just with seasonings added.
Finally, having tasted sprouts and fermented products, I have some idea of what kinds of flavours to expect. Suggesting that his fermented "rejuvalac" beverage will taste similar to lemonade sounds way overblown. He actually hints that it may taste more "like sauerkraut" - to me, that's a BIG difference. Sorry, but I don't curl up on a summer's day with a tall, cool glass of sauerkraut.
Similarly, I realize our dependence on added sugars is overblown, but if I call something a "cookie", my kids (10 & 11) are going to know I'm lying if it's only sweetened with natural sprout maltose and a few raisins. Yes, sprouts give a nice malty sweetness to bread - but only the most idealistic parents would believe kids would accept it as a special-occasion treat.
I guess I was looking for a book that would help me incorporate sprouts into every aspect of our regular household dishes - stir fries, yes, but also to add flavour/nutrition to standard yeast breads, cakes, cookies, veg patties, etc.
Being almost totally vegan (he practically apologizes in the one section where he asks you to put a bit of butter into your rice cereal), there is too little range of dishes for our family's tastes and the dishes offered seem too monotonous for long-term enjoyment.
This book may be ideal for a single person or a couple who want to try an "extreme" veg or raw-foods or minimal-cooking lifestyle. For our family lifestyle, the overhaul required is too enormous to even begin imagining - and trust me, I have plenty of imagination!
Wonderful All-Purpose Book........2004-12-04
"Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook" is a great all-purpose book for anyone new to sprouts and sprouting and for the sprout vetran who is looking for more recipes and ideas. The tone is chatty and humourous. The book is a great read cover to cover, but it can also be read a section at a time, in any order.
I received this book as a gift and almost immediately I had trays and bags of sprouts in my kitchen. We've stopped putting lettuce on sandwiches and use various sprouts. Sprouts on salad, in stir-fry, in soup... I've tried several of the recipes with success. The sprout bread is really popular and so are the crunchy sprouts.
One word of caution: sprout bread has neither the flavour nor the texture of bakery bread. It is better. It is sweeter and more satisfying. It is also packed with nutrition. If you are expecting something close to regular bread, you will be disappointed. If you remember that what you are eating is something else entirely, you will love it.
the best recipe book for health and taste.......2003-11-14
I'm into raw foodism and have found various recipe books for a raw foodist. This book is the best recipe book I know. It's very detailed, practical, and rich in contents. I also like the philosophy of the author: While it is good to increase the intake of raw foods, it's not necessary that every mouthful of food contains enzyme. Sometimes it's necessary to cook the food at a relatively low temperature. I've learned to make sprouted wheat bread from this book. It's very easy and the bread is wonderfully nutritious and delicious.
I recommend this book highly to every one, raw foodist or not.
Book Description
The Organic Salad Garden is a newly updated version of The Salad Garden, a classic revered by gardeners. It includes extensive new material, particularly on oriental and fruiting vegetables and ornamental gardening, and is now entirely based on organic gardening practices.
Customer Reviews:
Gorgeous series.......2003-11-24
I own this and all the Country Garden series of cookbooks. They are all visually gorgeous, and all written by professional chefs. Each book surrounds a featured ingredient which is seasonal. I must admit that many of the recipes could be considered "chi-chi," but for cookbook collectors, this series is really wonderful. I'm sorry they stopped adding to these books, and very sorry that they are going out of print.
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- A Standard Book on Salads
- lovely ideas for beautiful salad gardens large and small
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Salad Gardens: Simple Secrets for Glorious Gardens -- Indoors and OutA Garden Style Book
Mimi Luebbermann
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Salad Gardens is an elegant, deliciously illustrated book designed to show readers how to cultivate a salad garden, from the tiniest back-porch planter to an indoor windowsill to the limits of your land and imagination. Author Mimi Luebbermann includes tips on soil preparation, seeds, planting, and growing and harvesting a huge number of garden vegetables. To motivate you to get started on the project, she tempts you with a mouth-watering collection of salad recipes, such as Asian Greens with Sesame Vinaigrette or Ruby-Leaf Lettuce with Blood Oranges, Fennel, and Parmesan. Even those who don't cook will be inspired to toss together the luscious, homegrown ingredients.
Book Description
What better way to enjoy the benefits of delicious, healthful salads than to grow your own? This timely and beautifully illustrated guide offers both novice and experienced gardeners simple "recipes" for cultivating a wide variety of lettuces, greens, herbs, and edible flowers in everything from indoor containers to window boxes and backyard gardens.
Customer Reviews:
A Standard Book on Salads.......2002-03-14
The outstanding feature of this book is the numerous beautiful photographs. Aside from this, though, the book is fairly routine in terms of information and instructions. Still, it is a fun way of passing an hour or two one afternoon during the depths of the winter.
lovely ideas for beautiful salad gardens large and small.......1997-06-02
Lovely ideas for unusual salad gardens like salad in a wheelbarrow or an Easter basket, lovingly photographed. A gem of a book.
Havi Hoffman
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