Pros: Very thorough; addresses all aspects of producing enough fruits and vegetables for your own use year-round
Cons: Some information won’t be quite as useful to non-Brit readers
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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“How to Store Your Garden Produce,” Piers Warren
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008“Spices & Herbs” (CIG) Leslie Bilderback, CMB
Monday, June 16th, 2008Pros: Great info for exploratory and adventuresome cooks; plenty of uses for herbs & spices; delicious recipes; handy sources
Cons: Most of the spice mixes are on a very large scale; a handful of typesetting and editing snafus that can confuse slightly; no suggested substitutions
Rating: 4 out of 5
“Gluten-Free Eating” (CIG) Adamson & Thompson
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Pros: A wealth of useful information & encouragement; good recipes
Cons: No recipe photos
Rating: 5 out of 5
“Pizza & Panini” (CIG) Erik Sherman
Monday, April 21st, 2008Pros: A good basic primer
Cons: Make sure you read the info before using the recipes; missing details; no photos
Rating: 4 out of 5
“Being Vegetarian” (CIG) Frankie Avalon Wolfe, M.H., Ph.D.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Pros: Extremely comprehensive tips and hints; wonderful recipes
Cons: None that I can think of!
Rating: 5 out of 5
“Good Food from the Good Book” (CIG) Leslie Bilderback
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Pros: Delicious food; easy recipes; interesting history; helpful tips
Cons: Messed-up notes
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
“New Good Food,” Margaret M. Wittenberg
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Pros: Incredible wealth of information on natural foods
Cons: A bit dry
Rating: 5 out of 5
“College Cooking: Feed yourself and your friends,” Megan & Jill Carle
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007Pros: Perfectly suited to the college lifestyle
Cons: It isn’t fine dining, but then, that wouldn’t really be appropriate to the topic
Rating: 5 out of 5
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“Timing is Everything,” Jack Piccolo
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006Pros: All the information you tried to find elsewhere and couldn’t, in one book
Cons: More explanation of “why” would be nice, but that would make for a HUGE book
Rating: 5 out of 5
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“The Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Companion”
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006Pros: Lots and lots of information
Cons: Some information could be more complete
Rating: 4 out of 5
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