Leta
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I just read "Making It" by Coyne and Knutzen, and thought it was pretty good, if somewhat incomplete.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Book Club?
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Leta
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The subtitle is "Radical Home Ec for a Post Consumer World". It's basically a recipe book, though only about 1/3 are food recipes.
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Oh - yes. It's part of the DIY/Maker Faire kind of thing. Lots of stuff that many folks do here already. Soaps and laundry detergent, and solar cookers, etc.
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I have it and like it. Lots of the things in there are small scale and simple, which I like. The blender soap recipe was easy and quick, although my family is not thrilled with homemade soap. The book has a bunch of other stuff that I would love to make if I had more time -- lip balm, herb tinctures, mead, face cream, etc.
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Yeah, I'm gearing up to try the tinctures. Gotta grow some different herbs, first, though. 
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It's been in my Amazon cart for a month, good to see some reviews from others here. I have not ordered due to I have other books on the subjects I thought might be in there. Lately I have been disappointed in some of my book orders and we have a pathetic library for borrowing books to see if I like them first.
Have you tried inter-library loans? You can have your library find it at a library that is willing to loan it. It is usually free, but sometimes there is a small charge for shipping if it comes from another state. (You can put a limit on how much you would be willing to pay.) Indiana has INCOLSA - libraries pay a flat annual fee and books are moved around the state for free.Our library joined the Evergreen system which is a growing group of libraries that loan books to patrons of any library in the system.sufficientforme said:
