James Strawbridge Libros

Discover the joys of raising chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys with this comprehensive guide. Covering housing, feeding, and breeding, it also explores seasonal poultry care. Plus, enjoy delicious recipes like poached eggs, smoked eggs, and southwestern fried chicken to savor your homegrown produce.

A reference and recipe resource on how to prepare and cook the edible parts of over 40 vegetables The Complete Vegetable Cookbook is a comprehensive reference and recipe collection, making it a must-have in any cook's kitchen. James Strawbridge showcases more than 40 vegetables, season by season, exploring each plant's unique characteristics, different varieties, and how best to prepare produce in your kitchen. An advocate of zero-waste cooking, James also shares how you can make use of all that's edible from root to bloom with ideas on preserving and storing. There are over 120 delicious vegetarian recipes for you to enjoy: main meals, light lunches, and sides. Rustle up one of James' family favourites: a warming fennel gratin for a cosy autumn evening meal; watercress, pear, and walnut tart; or even cucumber peel gin, and discover how the humble vegetable can deliver utmost flavour all year round

Everything you need to know about modern-day self-sufficient living from stars of the BBC series It's Not Easy Being Green, Dick and James StrawbridgeWant to save on your fuel bills? Ready to grow your own, reduce your carbon footprint, and take the self-sufficient plunge?Dick and James Strawbridge know all there is to know about sustainability and eco-friendly living. In Practical Self Sufficiency, they show you how to make practical, sustainable changes that will have a big impact on your life - without having to transform your lifestyle. Sharing their experiences, tips and techniques, the Strawbridges provide all the step-by-step advice you need for successful eco projects, large and small. Learn to grow your own vegetables and fruit, make your own homebrew, raise chickens, try foraging for wild food, and more. Each undertaking is realistic, achievable and sustainable. You won't need to go the whole hog - just pick and mix to suit your needs, for long-lasting dividends.

Spark your creativity with a more mindful way of cooking. Giving a modern twist to age-old techniques, this book shows how to master 25 preserving and cooking processes, from fermenting to cheese making, hot smoking to sourdough baking. Discover how to brew perfect sweet-sour kombucha; make a fresh-tasting chutney; dry cure bresaola; create your own sourdough starter; and slow roast over an open wood fire. Be inspired to experiment with more than 150 recipe ideas. Each culinary project is explored in three stages to spark your creativity- "The Science" explains the science and technical know-how; "The Practice" gets you started on an enticing recipe, with action shots of tricky techniques; and "The Possibilities" provides further recipe ideas plus the tools and inspiration to devise your own recipes

Preserves helps you make the most of plentiful seasonal produce and enjoy it all year round. This book is a how-to guide to preserving fruits and vegetables, featuring step-by-step practical instructions, tips & advice on what to preserve when, and recipes to make your mouth water. From strawberry leather to sweetcorn and pepper relish, to honeyed figs with lamb and goat's cheese crostini, sauerkraut to piccalilli, and the perfect Bloody Mary, you'll not only learn how to preserve good quality produce, but how to cook with it to create fantastic dishes every time.

Explore the stunning intricacies of nature through a captivating collection of botanical stickers. Each design showcases the beauty of flora, making it perfect for nature enthusiasts and creatives alike. Ideal for embellishing journals, planners, or any personal project, these stickers invite you to bring the charm of the natural world into your daily life.

The Smoked Food  will take you through every stage of every kind of smoking adventure, whether it’s building a smoke house in the garden or cold smoking a dish of butter on your stove top or a cocktail in the dining room. Each method of smoking is explained, including the home smokers available on the market, together with ideas and tips for the kind of food that best suits which one, and the fuel, scents and woods that can be used. There are tempting recipes for all kinds of food, There are also chapters extending the art of smoke to vegetables, fruit, nuts and even oil and butter, with tempting and delicious recipes suitable for vegetarians and vegans.