Christy Wilhelmi

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

California

DIY Tests, Gadgets, and Techniques That Utilize Microbiology, Mathematics, and Ecology to Exponentially Maximize the Yield of Your Garden

Start a New Vegetable Garden the Right Way...the First Time! Are you new to organic vegetable gardening? This book will show you the simplest and best way to: Build quick and easy raised beds Create healthy soil for higher yields Set up drip irrigation in a snap Control pests with ease And grow an abundant supply of home-grown fruits and vegetables Gardening for Geeks is your go-to guide for all this and more. Christy Wilhelmi of Gardenerd has done the research for you and organized it the way the geek-mind works. Clear explanations, visual aids, and instructions will guide you toward your best garden ever. Grow food without chemicals, use science to understand what your plants are telling you, and dive into DIY projects that make gardening easier and more efficient. Gardening for Geeks is also great for teachers, parents, and grandparents who garden with children. You'll find easy-to-understand explanations of how soil microbes function, how plants use nutrients and fertilizers, and how bugs play an important role in our ecosystem. This book offers simple tools for a successful garden using math, science, biology, and ecology. Don't let the title fool you; Gardening for Geeks is one of the most thorough yet approachable gardening books of its kind.

Gardening for Geeks

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Caz Hildebrand

Jacob Kenedy

Never read, sat on shelf. Some fading to pages due to age. No flaws otherwise 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

"The Geometry of Pasta is exactly what I would expect it to be: stylish, greed-inducing, knowledgeable and witty; an instant classic." --Nigella Lawson"Really delicious, authentic pasta recipes." --Jamie Oliver"A maddeningly lovely book." --Stephen Bayley"The title is so beautiful!" --Alexander McCall Smith"The most delicious stylish and delicious, foodie publication of the year." --GQThe Italians have a secret. Over the centuries, they have pioneered more than 300 shapes of pasta, each with a history, a story to tell, and an affinity for particular foods. These shapes have evolved alongside the flavors of local ingredients, and the perfect combination can turn an ordinary dish into something sublime. The Geometry of Pasta pairs more than one hundred authentic recipes from critically acclaimed chef Jacob Kenedy with award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand's stunning black-and-white designs to reveal the science, history, and philosophy behind spectacular pasta dishes from all over Italy. Packaged in a crisply designed black-and-white hardcover (complete with a dust jacket that unfolds into a poster of pasta shapes and patterns), The Geometry of Pasta is a one-of-a-kind cookbook unlike anything you've ever seen!

The Geometry of Pasta

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Nadia Bolz-Weber

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Finding God in All the Wrong People

"Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls 'a religious but not-so-spiritual life.' Tattooed, angry, and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people--a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA. As she lives and worships alongside these 'accidental saints,' Nadia is swept into firsthand encounters with grace--a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument"--Page 4 of cove

Accidental Saints

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Ellyn Satter

Never read. Little crinkling at bottom by the spine as pictured

How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook

An updated edition of a best-selling guide draws on grassroots philosophies to highlight the benefits of healthy eating, in a volume of simple recipes that are complemented by quick-preparation tips and suggestions for adapting menus for young children. Original.

Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family

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Christina Tosi

Autographed by author, never read, no flaws

Recipes and Stories: a Cookbook

Go off the clock with Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar as she bakes one-bowl treats, grills with skills, and embraces simple, nostalgic-and often savory-recipes made from supermarket ingredients

Go off the clock with Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar as she bakes one-bowl treats, grills with skills, and embraces simple, nostalgic-and often savory-recipes made from supermarket ingredients.

For anyone addicted to crack pie , compost cookies , and cake truffles, here are their savory counterparts-such as Kimcheezits with Blue Cheese Dip, Burnt Honey-Butter Kale with Sesame Seeds, and Choose Your Own Adventure Chorizo Burgers-along with enough make-at-home sweets to satisfy a cookie-a-day habit. Join Christina and friends as they cook their way through "weaknights," sleepovers, and late-night snack attacks to make mind-blowingly delicious meals with whatever is in the pantry.

Milk Bar Life

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Marcus Samuelsson

The Recipes I Cook at Home

The award-winning celebrity chef and New York Times best-selling author unwinds at home, sharing 150 relaxed, multicultural dishes For two decades, Marcus Samuelsson has captivated food lovers with his brilliant culinary interpretations. Born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, and trained in European kitchens, he is a world citizen turned American success story. Not only was Samuelsson the youngest chef ever to receive three stars from the New York Times, he is also a five-time James Beard Award recipient, a winner of Top Chef Masters, and a judge on Chopped. Chosen by President Obama to cook the first state dinner, he is now a charismatic TV host.

In this book, the chef who former President Bill Clinton says "has reinvigorated and reimagined what it means to be American" serves up the dishes he makes at his Harlem home for his wife and friends. The recipes blend a rainbow of the flavors he experienced in his travels--Ethiopian, Swedish, Mexican, Caribbean, Italian, and Southern soul. His eclectic, casual food includes dill-spiced salmon; coconut-lime curried chicken; mac, cheese, and greens; chocolate pie spiced with Indian garam masala; and for kids, peanut noodles with slaw. This is an inside glimpse into how one of the world's top chefs cooks in his home kitchen for those nearest and dearest to him.

Marcus off Duty

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Tyler Florence

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

120 New Recipes, Perfected

No one does updated comfort food better than Tyler Florence, whether that means a down-home classic like fried chicken or a more contemporary interpretation like popcorn grits. Tyler asked his 538,000 Twitter followers to help curate the dishes they want to be able to re-create at home-and he's delivering with new methods and 120 recipes, all documented with step-by-step photography.

In Inside the Test Kitchen, Tyler gives readers the know-how to make their favorite dishes work with exciting new twists, from onion rings that use frozen french fries for their crisp coating to super-quick buns you can actually make from scratch in the time you make your burgers. He shares the insight that gives cooks the tools to ensure their dishes come out with great flavor every time. But this is more than a cookbook; it's a culinary superstar in conversation with his hundreds of thousands of fans.

Inside the Test Kitchen

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Alton Brown

Never read, received as gift. Gifter used permanent marker to black out the price on back of book as photographed. Otherwise no signs of wear or use

A Cookbook

Recipes organized around time-of-day from The Food Network stalwart.

Alton Brown: EveryDayCook

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Max McCalman

David Gibbons

Lessons for Connoisseurship from a Maître Fromager

Maître fromager Max McCalman, author of The Cheese Plate and Cheese, is steeped in the world of artisanal cheeses like no one else. In Mastering Cheese, he shares the wealth of his expertise to help cheese lovers on their path to connoisseurship.
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After years of teaching courses for amateurs at the Artisanal Premium Cheese Center, where he is Dean of Curriculum, McCalman has developed a compelling set of classes for understanding and ex-periencing cheese. A full master's course in a book, Mastering Cheese covers the world of cheese in twenty-two distinct lessons, featuring tasting plates that deliciously demonstrate key topics. For example, a chapter titled "Stunning Stinkers" explains why some of the strongest-smelling cheeses can be among the best tasting and then recommends several stars of this category. Learn about the issues facing real raw-milk cheeses and then go out and taste the differences between these cheeses and those made with pasteurized milk.
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For the first time in any of his books, McCalman includes extensive information on the modern artisanal cheese revolution in the United States and prominently features these artisans and their products alongside the famous cheeses of Italy, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
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Complete with helpful charts and an invaluable index of more than 300 cheeses, Mastering Cheese is the definitive course that you can use in your own home to pursue your passion for cheese.

Mastering Cheese

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Joanna Gaines

A Collection of Recipes for Gathering

Following the launch of her #1 New York Times bestselling cookbook, Magnolia Table, and seeing her family's own sacred dishes being served at other families' tables across the country, Joanna Gaines gained a deeper commitment to the value of food being shared. This insight inspired Joanna to get back in the kitchen and start from scratch, pushing herself beyond her comfort zone to develop new recipes for her family, and yours, to gather around. Magnolia Table, Volume 2 is filled with 145 new recipes from her own home that she shares with husband Chip and their five kids, and from the couple's restaurant, Magnolia Table; Silos Baking Co; and new coffee shop, Magnolia Press. From breakfast to dinner, plus breads, soups, and sides, Magnolia Table, Volume 2 gives readers abundant reasons to gather together. The book is beautifully photographed and filled with dishes you'll want to bring into your own home, including: Mushroom-Gruyére Quiche Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread Grilled Bruschetta Chicken Zucchini-Squash Strata Chicken-Pecan-Asparagus Casserole Stuffed Pork Loin Lemon-Lavender Tart Magnolia Press Chocolate Cake

Magnolia Table, Volume 2

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Sarah Knight

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do

THE "GENIUS" (Cosmopolitan) NATIONAL BESTSELLER ON THE ART OF CARING LESS AND GETTING MORE--FROM THE AUTHOR OF GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER AND YOU DO YOU Are you stressed out, overbooked, and underwhelmed by life? Fed up with pleasing everyone else before you please yourself? It's time to stop giving a f*ck. This brilliant, hilarious, and practical parody of Marie Kondo's bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up explains how to rid yourself of unwanted obligations, shame, and guilt--and give your f*cks instead to people and things that make you happy. The easy-to-use, two-step NotSorry Method for mental decluttering will help you unleash the power of not giving a f*ck about: Family drama Having a "bikini body" Iceland Co-workers' opinions, pets, and children And other bullsh*t! And it will free you to spend your time, energy, and money on the things that really matter. So what are you waiting for? Stop giving a f*ck and start living your best life today!

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Gardening for Geeks

Caz Hildebrand; Jacob Kenedy

The Geometry of Pasta

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Accidental Saints

Ellyn Satter

Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family

Christina Tosi

Milk Bar Life

Marcus Samuelsson

Marcus off Duty

Tyler Florence

Inside the Test Kitchen

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Alton Brown: EveryDayCook

Max McCalman; David Gibbons

Mastering Cheese

Joanna Gaines

Magnolia Table, Volume 2

Sarah Knight

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck

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