OLD FASHIONED RECIPE BOOK,AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COUNTRY LIVING Updated Ninth Edition

EMERY, CARLA

ISBN 10: 157061377X / ISBN 13: 9781570613777

Published by Sasquatch Books Pub, Seattle, Washingon, 2003

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VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK. clean, solid,bright.appears to be new; printed onWHITE TEXT paper.with Foredge dark lines denoting chapters.very folksy style reminiscent of her original home made mimeographed edition. HOWEVER THIS IS A LARGE PUBLISHER WITH COVER STATEMENT "OVER 600 THOUSAND COIES SOLD!" .; 885ps,thick pages; Index. Folksy Classic Home & Farm Production. ., .GLOSSY Brown,Blue & White COVERS with small chicken cover art. Recipes for grains, vegetables, sweets, dairy products, poultry and meat dishes, and condiments are combined with advice in food preservation, gardening, beekeeping, raising livestock, soap making, and other farm and household activities. Carla Emery is certifiably one of the craziest, warmest, . funniest, wisest, most lovable, and idealistic zanies now walking the earth. Mother Earth News 9th Edition, Updated; 10 09 08 07pt line. Seller Inventory # 140841

Bibliographic Details

Title: OLD FASHIONED RECIPE BOOK,AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF...

Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub, Seattle, Washingon

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: paperback

Illustrator: Illustrated by Davis,cindy, Berger, David Ilust

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Initially self-published 20 years ago, The Encyclopedia of Country Living has become the trusted guidebook to sustainable, self-sufficient living. Filled with memorable anecdotes, crucial advice, and a generous helping of good humor, this compendium provides detailed information about food production — growing, processing, cooking, and preserving — together with hundreds of illustrations and recipes. With updates of over 1,100 mail order sources, including websites and email addresses, this revised edition is the definitive classic text for living off the land. “Carla Emery is certifiably one of the craziest, warmest, ... funniest, wisest, most lovable, and idealistic zanies now walking the earth.” — Mother Earth News

Reviews:

The updated ninth edition of this compendium of food production information is the hefty result of over three decades of intelligence-gathering by Emery, whose initial encyclopedia project was designed to help newbies in the "back to the land" movement of the early 70s learn self-sufficiency. Tasks Emery covers run the gamut from the simple to the complex, and from the common to the strange, and include how to: bake bread, make seed milk, sew a cornhusk bed, dry flowers, prune kiwi vines, culture yogurt, plant beans, keep bees, build a fish pond, artificially inseminate a turkey and help a cow who's eaten nails. In chapters such as "Grasses, Grains & Canes," "Food Preservation" and "Goats, Cows & Home Dairying," Emery offers advice, recipes (including many that are vegan), folk wisdom and plenty of hard facts. Though it's definitely not aimed at them, urbanites will find the recipes and resources lists (of herb periodicals, nurseries, organizations dedicated to simple living, etc.) useful, the trivia interesting ("catsup" was originally a thick sauce made from any fruit or vegetable), and Emery's personal reflections ("Once upon a time, in the bad old ways when the Communists and the Western countries were poised on the brink of mutual nuclear annihilation...") compelling. Even readers with no plans to raise sheep, sell homemade cheese or plant millet will find this a fascinating cultural document.
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