Offers advice in food preservation, recipes, gardening, beekeeping, raising livestock, soap making, and other farm and household activities for living well and living simply.

Growing your own food means you know there are no chemical or genetic secrets, that it is pure and good. But you have questions about what and how much to plant, how to store, how to preserve. Pleasant provides a guidebook for people who want to control their food, from garden to pantry to table.

Chef Emma Macdonald discusses and provides recipes for canning and preserving food.

The book is organized by sweeteners, and includes recipes like Sriracha-style Hot Sauce (using honey), Date Pancake Syrup (with maple), Cantaloupe Basil Jam and Marinated Multicolored Peppers (both sweetened with agave), and Fennel & Parsley Relish (sweetened with fruit juice).

"Jerky is a popular and delicious way to add protein to your diet -- but all the artisanal varieties showcasing locally raised meats and specialty flavours mean purchasing it can get expensive. Food preservation teacher and cook Karen Solomon teaches you how to smoke, pickle, salt-cure, oil-cure, and dehydrate a variety of meats, dairy, fish, eggs, and other proteins economically and at home. Fifty creative recipes highlight the range of specialty...

Are you afraid your family would starve if they had to actually live off your food storage? Do you want to stop feeling guilty and start preparing for the future? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need I Cant Believe Its Food Storage! With this book, youll see that getting and using your food storage can be EASY and FUN! With an entertaining approach, author Crystal Godfrey teaches you how to transition common food storage items (such...

"A celebrated young chef hailed by the New York Times as a "fearless explorer, " brings time-tested heritage techniques to the modern home kitchen. Executive chef and owner of New York City's highly acclaimed Ducks Eatery and Harry & Ida's, Will Horowitz is also an avid forager, fisherman, and naturalist. In Salt Smoke Time, he explores ideas of self-reliance, sustainability, and seasonality, illuminating our connection to the natural world and the...

This holiday season, forego the store-bought marshmallows and whip up a batch of these chunky, light, and flavorful treats. Not only are they the perfect topper for your mug of cocoa, but they also toast up perfectly over open flame. In this class, Karen will show you how to use a candy thermometer to ensure perfect texture and prepare the pan so you don't wind up with a goopy mess. At the end, Karen will show you how to roll the marshmallows in powdered...