Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Non-Fiction, Other | 29 October 2018
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The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook
This classic American cooking reference includes 1,849 recipes, including everything from “after - dinner coffee” - which Farmer notes is beneficial for a stomach “overtaxed by a hearty meal” - to “Zigaras à la Russe,” an elegant puff-pastry dish. The 1918 edition was the last edition of the cookbook authored completely by Farmer.
Fred doesn't care for work, especially his city job. One day, just like that, he tells his bewildered mother, "Ma, I'm a farmer!" That'll be a relaxing change
Babe - a Pig in the City - Penguin Readers - Level 2
When Babe wins the National Sheep Dog Trials he thinks he can do anything! He tries to help Farmer Hoggett fix the well, but ends up causing a terrible accident instead. Without Farmer Hoggett in charge, it's up to Babe and Mrs Hoggett to go to the city in order to save the farm.
The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
"This book is the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one with farming—that dirty, concupiscent art—and the other with a complicated and exasperating farmer."Single, thirtysomething, working as a writer in New York City, Kristin Kimball was living life as an adventure. But she was beginning to feel a sense of longing for a family and for home. When she interviewed a dynamic young farmer, her world changed. Kristin knew nothing about growing vegetables, let alone raising pigs and cattle and driving horses.