BACK TO BASICS

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Abigail R. Gehring is the author of several cookbooks including Healthy GlutenFree Diet and The Complete Juicer. Her love of tea started early in life and was cemented after a stint living in England. She lives in Marlboro Vermont.Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills—:the kind employed by our forefathers—:and adapt them for a better life in the twentyfirst century need look no further than this eminently useful fullcolor guide. Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction escaping to an era before power saws and fast food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier greener and more selfsufficient lifestyle. Now newly updated the hundreds of projects stepbystep sequences photographs charts and illustrations in Back to Basics will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments graft trees raise chickens craft a hutch table with hand tools and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More than just practical advice this is also a book for dreamers—:even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked and theres no reason why you cant for example make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for oldfashioned fun (square dancing calls homemade toys and kayaking tips) this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.

Data Publikacji: 2008-04-17
Wymiary: 215.9 mm 273.05 mm 25.4 mm 46.72 oz 1324.5 gr