Now here is a book that I have needed for many years. This book has a very short, one page list of foods–including meats & veggies–and you can make EVERY recipe in the book if you have all the groceries on the list. As an added benefit, I estimate it would cost only about $120 [...]
Read the rest of The Stocked Kitchen – cookbook review
Before I ordered this book, I carefully read the online reviews. I was expecting a book like The Stocked Kitchen that would give me a list of pantry staples with recipes to make using the ingredients. WRONG! This is more like an urban hipster how-to but not complete enough in any areas. For example–there are [...]
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Another month goes buy, and I purchase 3 new knitting for dogs books. I think this one is my favorite–the patterns and diagrams are very nice, and the book is obviously geared towards dog lovers. Each “model” dog has a short bio. Of course there is stuff beyond my abilities, but the measuring instructions are [...]
Read the rest of Top Dog Knits by Jil Eaton
I got an email with a link to Librarian’s Helper today. It’s a short list of titles written by black authors. I’ve already found some interesting sounding chick lit that I’m going to try out like this one:
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I now have 3 books on knitting for dogs, and I think this one is my favorite. The book title is a little bit deceptive–the book contains patterns for ponchos, sweaters, toys, a pillow, and even a saddlebag pattern. I am making the saddlebag pattern right now out of Noro Kureyon yarn for Sissy–I just have [...]
Read the rest of Knitting for Dogs by Kristi Porter