Based on the James Beard Award–winning blog The One-Block Diet, this all-in-one home gardening, do-it-yourself guide and cookbook shows you how to transform a backyard or garden into a self-sufficient locavore’s paradise. When Margo True and her fellow staffers at Northern California–based Sunset magazine walked around the grounds of their Menlo Park office, they saw more than just a lawn and some gardens. Instead, they saw a fresh, bountiful food source, the makings for intrepid edible projects, and a series of seasonal feasts—all just waiting to happen. The One-Block Feast is the story of how True and her team took an inspired idea and transformed it into an ambitious commitment: to create four feasts over the course of a year, using only what could be grown or raised in their backyard-sized plot. She candidly shares the group’s many successes and often humorous setbacks as they try their hands at chicken farming, cheese making, olive pressing, home brewing, bee keeping, winemaking, and more. Grouped into gardening, project, and recipe guides for each season, The One-Block Feast is a complete resource for planning an eco-friendly kitchen garden; making your own pantry staples for year-round cooking and gifts; raising bees, chickens, and even a cow; and creating made-from-scratch meals from ingredients you’ve grown yourself. Chapters are organized by season, each featuring a planting plan and crop-by-crop instructions, an account of how that season’s projects played out for the Sunset team, and a multicourse dinner menu composed of imaginative, appealing, and ultra-resourceful vegetarian recipes, such as: Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Chard and Sage Brown Butter • Egg and Gouda Crepes • Whole Wheat Pizzas with Roasted Vegetables and Homemade Cheeses • Fresh Corn Soup with Zucchini Blossoms • Braised Winter Greens with Preserved Lemons and Red Chile • Summer Lemongrass Custards • Honey Ice Cream Generously illustrated and easy to follow, this ultimate resource for today’s urban homesteader will inspire you to take “eating local” to a whole new level.
Here it is -- the reference book every gardener cherishes: Sunset's Western Garden Annual 1998. It gathers a full year's worth of articles from the 1997 issues of Sunset magazine into one handy volume. Monthly Garden Guides offer seasonal ideas from around the West, and four additional regional checklists highlight important gardening tasks for the month.
ÊWhat happens when top magazine editors team up with the best builders and hottest designers in the country? The collaborative result is an Ò idea house,Ò featuring the best of the best in home design today. Innovative and beautiful, these stylish designs also take into account the kind of real-world functionality necessary to accommodate busy family lifestyles. And now, thanks to the Design Idea Book, you can take an armchair tour of 39 of these inspirational houses. You`ll see how leading experts combine the latest technologies and materials with design and color theories, and see page-by-page how they`ve organized space to put every square foot to work. Whether you`re in the market for a new home, plan to renovate, or just want to make the most of what you have, take a cue from these experts, and discover how you can apply these winning design principles to your own home. Features:
400 photos showcase stunning designs from 39 Ò idea houses
Expert advice from today`s top magazines, premier architects, and interior decorators
Covers the very latest in home-building materials, technologies, and furnishings
Encompasses a range of styles, from coastal to cottage, classic to contemporary
Innovative room-by-room ideas for color, storage solutions, fabric choices, and more
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