ok the start of the book list

first off

some odds and ends cook books

everyone knows or should know

the joy of cooking, ( haven't seen the newer additions, i have one from the 60-70's and a second edition from a million years ago)

if this isn't on your shelf...... go to ebay or the used book store and find one


Good Cheap Food by Miriam Ungerer
this is a great read to begin with, but practical and useable
also i would get it used

Better Than Store-Bought: A Cookbook by Helen Witty
also
Fancy Pantry
and
The Good Stuff Cookbook: Over 300 Delicacies to Make at Home
these are all 'yes you can' type books

and have stuff you never thought of

if you are serious about food and serious about good food......... these are the cookbooks to start off with


now onto some sort of related areas

Pantry, The: Its History and Modern Uses by Catherine Seiberling Pond

i adored this book, and believe that it should have gotten a MUCH wider audience
the photo's will just blow you away, and it will definately leave you wanting more.

i almost stalked the author i loved this book so much, i begged her to do one on root cellars/cold cellars and canning

this book just made me feel like home

Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike Bubel and Nancy Bubel
once you get past 'how do i grow this'
and you are to the point of ........ 'oh my GOODNESS what do i do with 400 pounds of potatoes'
THIS is the bible in this field

ANY of the elliot coleman books

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long by Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch, and Kathy Bray
or
The winter-harvest manual: Farming the back side of the calendar : commercial greenhouse production of fresh vegetables in cold-winter climates without supplementary heat by Eliot Coleman

a good start for gardening is i believe
'square foot gardening' Mel Bartholomew

or if you can find it
'crocket's victory garden' jim crocket

this guy STARTED the victory garden on pbs a million years ago

now ironically i would say....for livestock etc
go to the various forums
backyard chicken is wonderful for poultry

just like a real time canning list is going to be excellant for canning
be careful with the lists however, i found a few of them to be 'not as advertized'
so if you join........ poke around a bit
check the files etc
you don't want to have to deal with a 'it's my way or the highway' mentality

ok that's it for today, i have to finish up some stuff i am in the middle of and the duckies are wanting out
i think the chickens do as well but they can't go out yet

oye
til next time

vi