{"product_id":"the-handson-home-isbn-9781570619915","title":"The Hands-On Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh take on modern homemaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Hands-On Home\u003c\/i\u003e is your go-to manual for DIY homecare and living more sustainably\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom cooking, canning, and preserving to making your own nontoxic home and personal care products, author Erica Strauss offers instruction and inspiration for tackling at-home projects on your own. In this book, you will learn how to:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e• Organize and stock your kitchen for easy meal preparation, and then whip up simple but satisfying recipes the whole family will love (Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Granola, Forager Spring Greens Soup, and Simple Crispy Chicken with Roasted Lemon Pan Sauce).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Use basic food preservation techniques such as water-bath canning, pressure canning, and lacto-fermentation along with a handy year-long food preservation calendar of what to put up when. Preserving recipes are organized seasonally and include Rhubarb Syrup, Pressure-Canned Chicken Broth, Korean-Spiced Turnips, and Cranberry-Pear-Walnut Conserve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Create your own home care and personal care products—from Fizzy Bath Bombs and Refreshing Peppermint Foot Scrub to Nontoxic Laundry softener.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith less focus on consumerism and more on saving time and money, \u003ci\u003eThe Hands-On Home\u003c\/i\u003e will help you create a home you love with simple resources and easy-to-learn skills.\"A lifestyle guide for eco-conscious consumers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This title enables an easy start down the path to a homemade, fun, environmentally responsible lifestyle. Home cooks will discover fresh recipes and adopt techniques the author shared from her professional kitchen experience.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Offers tips for sustainability-minded modern homemaking. With recipes and instructions for 'urban homesteading,' this book explores reducing consumption and living healthfully.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Alaska Beyond, Alaska Airlines magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Strauss chronicles her homemade life in \u003ci\u003eThe Hands-On Home. \u003c\/i\u003eThe beginner-friendly book features 77 food recipes (think green herb lamb chops with preserved lemon oil) and 38 home and body-care recipes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Seattle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[Erica  Strauss is] something like a one-woman \u003ci\u003eSunset\u003c\/i\u003e magazine for home cooks  and gardeners in the Seattle region. In this \"seasonal guide to cooking,  preserving, and natural home keeping\" she relays recipes and advice  for making your kitchen and home as DIY as you like, from making your  own tortillas to making your own toothpaste. An attractively  photographed, empowering doorstop of a book, whether readers want to  learn canning or want to change their lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"The book is separated by season, offering simple tips and tricks for the quiet, cozy activism of taking back your home, from seasonal recipes and preserving tips to guides to making your own Bronners-style Castile soap, DIY oven cleaner, and lip balm.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePortland Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Hands-On Home\u003c\/i\u003e by Erica Strauss is a practical primer for modern, natural homesteading with advice on cooking, preserving, cleaning, and personal care. Organized by season, it offers a years’ worth of do-able projects for DIY living, plus enticing recipes like Swiss Chard Gratin and Short Ribs in Red Wine.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eYahoo! Food\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Erica Strauss acts as your seasonal guide to cooking, cleaning and caring for yourself and your family in a more active way, and making your house truly feel like a home.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRed Tricycle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[The] bath bombs are fun to make and the reward for your efforts is a long soak in a heavenly scented bath. Kids love them and if you can bear to give them away, they make great gifts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Simple Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Hands-On Home\u003c\/i\u003e] includes creative, money-saving tips covering just about every aspect of homekeeping.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eAllrecipes.com\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Pinterest-perfect craft[s] that are as useful as they are cute.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Mother Earth News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eErica Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Edible Life\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most popular and well-respected urban-homesteading and gardening blogs in the country. A professionally trained chef, she shares her fun and punchy perspective on garden-to-table eating and living a slower life though her writings. Erica was featured in \u003ci\u003eBest Food Writing 2013\u003c\/i\u003e and regularly writes for national cooking and gardening magazines.","brand":"Sasquatch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299895005413,"sku":"NP9781570619915","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781570619915.jpg?v=1767739705","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-handson-home-isbn-9781570619915","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}