Cook Books

101 zesty recipes for health-boosting remedies made with apple cider vinegar. For more than 30 years, best-selling author and popular herbalist Rosemary Gladstar has been touting the health benefits of fire cider - a spicy blend of apple cider vinegar,...

Make your own kombucha, kefir, ginger bug, jun, pineapple tepache, honey mead, beet kvass, and more. Transform your health with fermented probiotic drinks - bubbly and creamy, sweet and tart, and always delicious. It’s no secret that...

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms. With the surging interest in foraging for mushrooms, those new to the art need a reliable guide to distinguishing the safe fungi from the toxic. But for beginner foragers who just...

How to preserve all your favorite vegetables, fruits, meats, and herbs. This essential companion for putting your food dehydrator to work features instructions and techniques for drying all the most popular fruits and vegetables, along with meat and...

Recipes That Celebrate Vinegar's Versatility. A Storey Basics Title. Brighten your meals with the tasty tang of homemade vinegar. Chef Bill Collins shows you how to make your own vinegars, including wine, apple cider, malt, white, and rice vinegars, and...

Preserve your meat properly and enjoy unparalleled flavor when you're ready to eat it. This no-nonsense reference book covers all the major meat preserving techniques and how to best implement them. You'll learn how to corn beef, pickle tripe, smoke...

120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Alaska Blueberries to Wild Hazelnuts. "Doug Deur invites us to discover the taste and history of the Northwest." - Spencer B. Beebe, author of Cache and founder of Ecotrust. The Pacific Northwest offers a veritable...

The complete guide to cultivating, harvesting, and preparing. "Plant a tea plant and watch it grow! Grow Your Own Tea is truly a masterpiece how-to guide to cultivating and enjoying the sacred leaf. It will delight even the armchair gardener...

35 skin-nourishing recipes for making milk-enriched soaps, from goat to almond. Handmade soap is made extra-special with the addition of milk! Soaps enriched with milk are creamier than those made with water, and milk natural oils provide skin-renewing...

Mouthwatering, time-honored, tried true, soul-satisfying, handed-down sweet comforts. Nothing beats chocolate chip cookies still warm from the oven, freshly baked shortcake, or a perfect apple pie cooling on the windowsill. 250 Treasured Country...

Techniques for making signature hot sauces, with 32 recipes to get you started; includes 60 recipes for using your hot sauces. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! From mild to blistering, renowned author Jennifer Trainer Thompson...

Creative recipes for fermenting 64 vegetables herbs in krauts, kimchis, brined pickles, chutneys, relishes pastes. Master the techniques for making sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, and other savory, probiotic-rich foods in your own kitchen.This...

Expert tips, techniques, and best methods for preserving all your favorite foods. In this comprehensive guide, expert author Sherri Brooks Vinton answers the home preserver most commonly asked questions about every aspect of food preservation, from...

The technique is called sous vide— it’s how a lot of the pros do it—and now with sous vide devices affordable and available, you can too. Daniel Shumski, the gadget whisperer who demystified the Instant Pot, unlocks the secrets of professional sous vide...

Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea. 2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner. Brew your own kombucha at home! With more than 400 recipes, including 268 unique flavor combinations, you can get exactly the taste you want —...

aking medicine just got a whole lot sweeter! Honey is well known for its healing properties. When infused with the additional benefits of medicinal herbs and fruits, it turns natural remedies that can be unpleasant tasting into a treat to take. Author...

Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades-Bastes, Butters & Glazes, Too. Every griller's secret weapon! Transform meats and seafood, vegetables and desserts into world-class barbecue with the flavor foundations, wet and dry, that give grilled food its...