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The backyard homestead book of kitchen know-how: field-to-table cooking skills
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North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015].
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xi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Growing vegetables and raising livestock is only the beginning of a successful homesteadthat fresh food goes to waste unless you can properly prepare, cook, and preserve it. Andrea Chesman shows you how to bridge the gap between field and table, covering everything from curing meats and making sausage to canning fruits and vegetables, milling flour, working with sourdough, baking no-knead breads, making braises and stews that can be adapted to different cuts of meat, rendering lard and tallow, pickling, making butter and cheese, making yogurt, blanching vegetables for the freezer, making jams and jellies, drying produce, and much more. Youll learn all the techniques you need to get the most from homegrown foods, along with dozens of simple and delicious recipes, most of which can be adapted to use whatever you have available.

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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Growing vegetables and raising livestock is only the beginning of a successful homesteadthat fresh food goes to waste unless you can properly prepare, cook, and preserve it. Andrea Chesman shows you how to bridge the gap between field and table, covering everything from curing meats and making sausage to canning fruits and vegetables, milling flour, working with sourdough, baking no-knead breads, making braises and stews that can be adapted to different cuts of meat, rendering lard and tallow, pickling, making butter and cheese, making yogurt, blanching vegetables for the freezer, making jams and jellies, drying produce, and much more. Youll learn all the techniques you need to get the most from homegrown foods, along with dozens of simple and delicious recipes, most of which can be adapted to use whatever you have available.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Chesman, A. (2015). The backyard homestead book of kitchen know-how: field-to-table cooking skills. North Adams, MA, Storey Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Chesman, Andrea. 2015. The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-how: Field-to-table Cooking Skills. North Adams, MA, Storey Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Chesman, Andrea, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-how: Field-to-table Cooking Skills. North Adams, MA, Storey Publishing, 2015.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Chesman, Andrea. The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-how: Field-to-table Cooking Skills. North Adams, MA, Storey Publishing, 2015.

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