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Appointment book and calendar for 1957 including cooking recipes and black-and-white photographs of buildings and sceneries of France.
640457
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"This cook book is a compilation of favorite recipes of members of the Garden Club of Virginia. Each of the officers of the Club and each of its former presidents was invited to contribute one recipe; each of the member clubs was requested to furnish three from among its membership."
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Contains the Garden Instruction Book plus two folders' worth of assorted files. The book covers topics including general garden information (soils, climate, humus); maintenance; types of plants; maintaining the health of the garden; compost; alternations and successions; cutting gardens and potted plants; a garden calendar; and special directions. Per note written by the executor of Florence Yoch's estate, Connie Ward, one of Yoch and Council's clients referred to this book as "the sacred black book." Related materials include a folder containing a garden calendar and various instructions, such as care and maintenance of soil; pest management; and formulas for cement mixtures for colored concrete flagstones.
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"When we think of the gardens of Southern California, we tend to think of the enormous semiarid landscapes of the Huntington and Rancho Los Alamitos, often built on the sprawling grounds of former ranches. But there is another garden tradition in Southern California: the modest, rectangular suburban plots designed by the most famous architects of mid-century modernism: Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Gregory Ain, Raphael Soriano, Harwell Hamilton Harris, A. Quincy Jones, and John Lautner. These architects saw the garden as an outdoor extension of the space of the houses they designed, rather than a neo-Spanish fantasy to be added later by a 'landscapist.' Their modern gardens made use of low-maintenance, drought-resistant plants, and made room for informal outdoor living by children and adults with an emphasis on recreation and exercise. Private Landscapes profiles nineteen significant gardens and their accompanying houses by these celebrated architects. Using archival photographs and newly commissioned color images, along with plans and details of restorations and reinterpretations. Private Landscapes provides a never-before-seen look at these landmark gardens. As beautiful and practical now as they were 50 years ago, these designs continue to provide inspiration for gardeners and designers everywhere"--Jacket.
SB466.U65 C273 2002
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"Rosemary, with its unforgettable fragrance, is the herb of remembrance. And for more of us, food is memory. In this latest volume of recipes from the Houston Junior League, you'll find a collection of fresh, delicious dishes, plus an inspiring guide for creating traditions from the everyday ritual of eating, all richly illustrated with more than 110 color photographs. Here is a complete treasury of cooking for loved ones, everything from grand holiday gatherings to cozy afternoon teas, from all-American family reunions to simply delectable breakfasts, all presented in a way that will open new possibilities for any cook."--Jacket flap.
641945
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Australia's first Chinese (Cantonese) cookery book. Short essays on Chinese foods abroad, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, bean curd (an invaluable food), See You (soy bean sauce), Chinese rice, preserving, and beverages are interspersed with thirty recipes. There is also a recipe for dim sums; the uniquely Melbourne version of a Cantonese siu mai dumpling. Geechoun was the son of Chinese market-gardeners in the Victorian city of Bendigo, who went on to become an importer, parliamentarian, and owner of the Kowlon restaurant in South Yarra.
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