books about: fruits

books about: fruits

books:

Fruits

The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit

Amy Goldman

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

Amy Captures the Beauty of Heirloom Tomatoes!
Amy Goldman's passion for fruits and vegetable will certainly gain new enthusiasts who will share that passion after viewing the wonderful pictures taken by Victor Schrager and reading all the well researched histories of selected heirloom tomato varieties which Amy ...

BALL Complete Book of Home Preserving

Judi Kingry, Lauren Devine

Robert Rose, 2006

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I live on a farm and my husband loves to garden as he is "semi" retired. We have both read this canning book from the Ball Jar company and have picked up some very healthy and handy ideas! I would recommend this book to experienced and new comers to the world of ...

The Chosen

Chaim Potok

Fawcett, 1987

The Chosen:Understanding
in reading "The Chosen" i was very pleased with the book. The plot was very touching as we saw the boys (Danny and Reuven) grow from the grounds of a baseball field to the advanced college campus. Their friendship was very strong and was normally able to overcome most ...

The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

Rick Warren

Zondervan, 2002

The Purpose Drive Life by Rick Warren
Excellent book!! As a Christian I was at a time in my life where I knew I needed help and to lean on God, but I didnt know HOW to go about doing it. This book definately shed some light on my path. This book is thought and prayer provoking. It opens up your eyes ...

The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening ...

Edward C. Smith

Storey Publishing, LLC, 2000

I had to buy two of these
My nephew was starting a garden like me I gave him my copy and got a new one. This is a great book and it has helped me to be a gardner.

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch

Chelsea Green, 1999

The College Course for Gardening!
Eliot Coleman is a superb author and teacher. This little book would inspire anybody to grow their own, stash and enjoy the larder of their labor and give humor along with it all! I also bought his other book on Organic Gardening and it's also very ...

Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners

Suzanne Ashworth, Kent Whealy

Seed Savers Exchange, 2002

Seed to Seed
This is perhaps the best book on the subject of raising heirloom plants and then harvesting the seed. It explains in detail procedures for timing, protecting from undesirable cross pollination, and harvesting seed. I would recommend to the author that at the end of ...

Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)

Steve Solomon

New Society Publishers, 2006

Beginner's organic gardening book
I bought this book because of the title "Growing Food in Hard Times" when I was obsessed with peak oil. The author discusses hard times very briefly and the main part of the book is low intensive organic gardening. My gardens before I got this book were pathetic ...

Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables

Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991

I'm inspired
Well researched and considered. Thorough, yet practical and attainable. I appreciated learning about all the different types of root cellars and how to build them. Previous to reading this book, a root cellar to me was and expensive underground project with stairs and ...

Preserving Summer's Bounty: A Quick and Easy Guide to Freezing, Canning, and Preserving, and Drying What You ...

Rodale Food Center

Rodale Books, 1998

Full of Information
This book is great for the the novice. It covers soup to nuts (literally)!! After my first (successful!) attempt at canning tomato sauce and pickeling zucchini, I wanted to get more out of my garden. This year we had to take a hiatus from producing our own ...

The Juiceman's Power of Juicing: Delicious Juice Recipes for Energy, Health, Weight Loss, and Relief from ...

Jay Kordich

William Morrow Cookbooks, 2007

A simple juicing book with TONS of recipes
This is a nice, straight forward juicing book that offers some "extras." It's simple, but it has an extensive array of recipes and leaves no stone unturned. There's a section on produce that tells the reader what each item is good for (which vitamins and ...

From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine

Jeff Cox

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999

Almost perfect
This book tells you everything about growing grapes and producing fine wine. It even deals with the choice of grape-varieties suited for your climate. It is almost perfect. I think many Europeans will read this book, and it would have been perfect if it included the ...

How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits: (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) (How to Grow ...

John Jeavons

Ten Speed Press, 2006

Not a book for "casual backyard gardening"
The people who are disappointed with this book are the ones who bought it without understanding what it was. This book isn't a "gardening for the soul" book of fluff, nor is it a typical "how to get bigger tomatoes" text. What this book is is a compendium of ...

Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

Dan Koeppel

Hudson Street Press, 2007

The book that changed my perceptions
Upon my hubbie's recommendation I read your book: Banana, The fate of the fruit etc. Brilliant! I never imagined that bananas had, and still have, so much influence on America's life. I recommend the book to everybody and is going to become my favorite gift to ...

Power Juices, Super Drinks: Quick, Delicious Recipes to Prevent & Reverse Disease

Steve Meyerowitz

Kensington, 2000

2 Green Drinks and Juices perday will make your day
This book is a wonderful collection of healing drinks and energizing fuel for the body. It specifically outlines drinks for each particular ailment and juice recipes to remedy the problem. Why pop a pill you cannot digest like eating a rock when you can enjoy a ...