Are you overwhelmed by the surplus of information on natural medicine? What if there were herbal remedies designed for everyday people like you? This book will help you tackle these common questions with science-backed knowledge and plant-based solutions. Imagine a world where you are equipped with the natural remedies you need to feel better in your daily life and improve your family's health …
Published in 1809 when distillation of spirits was legal, The Practical Distiller provides recipes and distillation methods for homemade whiskey, gin, and brandy as well as history of the various ways that alcohol has been made since the 1600s. This tome includes entire sections devoted to yeast, choosing the best rye and malt, hogsheads, methods for setting stills, clarifying whiskey and re…
All we know of Val Miller is that for thirty-six years he worked as a skilled ice cream maker for commercial businesses, or he ran his own. His book is filled with advice for operating such a business, from running the front office, to employee relations, to manufacturing and marketing, including many recipes for a wide variety of ice creams. The recipes are compiled for large quantities suit…
The American edition of Twamley's book was reprinted from the second British printing, described as "corrected and improved." The author had the advantage of his own thirty-years' experience in cheese making, but he also apparently consulted with dairywomen from several countries in compiling the most successful procedures for making excellent cheeses. Covering everything from grazing land to…
Self published by the founder of the New York Cooking School, this forty-page leaflet was designed to educate new immigrant families with low incomes about preparing good, healthy meals. As the industrial revolution gathered steam and reformers focused on living conditions of the poor and disadvantaged, economical themes began to appear in cookbooks, and Corson's pamphlet was extremely popula…
"In order to get through your work in proper time, you should make it your chief study to rise early in the morning; for an hour before the family rises is worth more to you than two after they are up." These are Robert Roberts's first words to his readers in this classic resource for those employed as domestic servants. More household-management manual than cookbook, the book does contain reci…
With this book, A. D. Livingston combines a lifetime of Southern culinary knowledge with his own love of authentic home smoking and curing techniques. He teaches how to prepare smoked and salted hams, fish, jerky, and gameadapting today’s materials to yesterday’s traditional methods. As he writes, “you can smoke a better fish than you can buy, and you can cure a better ham wit…
What if you could look at any recipe and instantly grasp the technique involved in its cooking, the time it would take to prepare, and all the equipment needed? By demonstrating that all cooking breaks down into five simple procedures and by helping you master them, Chef on Fire enables you to look at any recipe and instantly grasp the technique involved, the time it would take to prepare, and …
Buscamos la felicidad y la tranquilidad de vivir con salud. Queremos vivir más y, sobre todo, queremos vivir mejor. Los buenos hábitos de vida (la alimentación, el ejercicio físico, el descanso y una sana conexión con nuestros seres queridos) son los pilares sobre los que se sustenta la ruta para lograr ese deseo común. Este libro ofrece las claves que nos acompañarán en este viaje. La…
Un viaje a través de la vida de Anjalina Chugani, una cocinera de origen indio, desde sus inicios en su Londres natal, pasando por su adolescencia y primeros años como adulta en Bangalore (India, donde redescubrió sus raíces), hasta su casa en Barcelona. La autora siempre se ha expresado a través de la comida que conoció y amó. Este viaje gastronómico muestra su vida como inmigrante en…