"So You Grew It - Now What?"

A selected booklist for Seedy Saturday 2010

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General Food Preservation

• Costenbader, Carol W.     Preserving the harvest. 2002 [canning, drying, freezing, jams, pickles, vinegars, cold storage]
• Madison, Deborah.    Preserving food without freezing or canning. 1999
• Sections in: Coyne, Kelly.    Urban homestead: your guide to self-sufficient living in the heart of the city. 2008
• Sections in: Wheeler, Robin.     Food security for the faint of heart: keeping your larder full in lean times. 2009 [author lives in Roberts Creek, BC]

Canning - all aspects

• Bone, Eugenia.     Well-preserved: recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods. 2009

Dehydrating

• MacKenzie, Jennifer.     The dehydrator bible: includes over 400 recipes. 2009
• Section in: Rydman, Mary.     Raw food quick and easy: over 100 healthy recipes. 2009
• Section in: Rodwell, Julie.    Raw food: healthy, delicious vegetarian cuisine made with living foods. 2008

Freezing

• Wilson, Mimi.   Once-a-month cooking: a proven system for spending less time in the kitchen and enjoying homemade meals every day. 2007
• Siemens, Deanna.     Big cook: have fun with friends and fill your freezer with delicious, nutritious main-course meals. 2005
• Sections in General Food Preservation books above.

Jams and Jellies

• Alfeld, Beverly Ellen S.     Jamlady cookbook. 2004.
• Allison, Sonia.  One pot of luxury preserve from the microwave.  2000.
• Amendt, Linda J.    Blue ribbon preserves: secrets to award-winning jams, jellies, marmalades and more. 2001.
• Amendt, Linda. J.     175 best jams, jellies, marmalades & other soft spreads. 2008.
• Tremblay, Yvonne.    Prizewinning preserves: fabulous jams, jellies, marmalades and more. 2001

Pickles and relishes

• Alfeld, Beverly Ellen S.     Pickles to relish. 2008.
• Norris, Lucy.     Pickled: vegetables, fruits, roots, more: preserving a world of tastes and traditions. 2003
• Allison, Sonia.     One pot of luxury preserve from the microwave.  2000.

Root Cellars

• Bubel, Mike.    Root cellaring: the simple no-processing way to store fruits and vegetables. 1979

Seed Saving

• How to save your own seeds: a handbook for home seed production. 2005
• Starting from seed: the natural gardener's guide to propagating plants. 1998
• Ashworth, Suzanne.    Seed to seed: seed saving and growing techniques for vegetable gardeners. 2002
• McVicar, Jekka.    Seeds: the ultimate guide to growing successfully from seed. 2001

Smoking

• Livingston, A.D.    Cold-smoking & salt-curing meat, fish and game. 1995

Sprouting

• Meyerowitz,Steve.     Sprouts: the miracle food. 1999
• Wigmore, Ann.   Sprouting book. 1986
• Section in: Rodwell, Julie.    Raw food: healthy, delicious vegetarian cuisine made with living foods. 2008
• Section in: Rydman, Mary.     Raw food quick and easy: over 100 healthy recipes. 2009
• Section in: Vasile, Rose.     Uncooking with Rawrose: (your guide to raw foods). 2008

Wine making

• Neirynck, Baudouin.     Grapes of wine: the fine art of growing grapes and making wine. 2009
• Pambianchi, Daniel.     Techniques in home winemaking: the comprehensive guide to making chateau-style wines. 2008
• Warrick, Sheridan.     Way to make wine: how to craft superb table wines at home. 2006

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