The Taunton Press prides itself on providing readers with expert knowledge, whether it be about cooking, gardening, or woodworking. Wisdom for Home Preservers and Wisdom for Home Brewers do just that. Both contain 500 informative and often innovative tips to help do-it-yourselfers achieve success. Preservers author Robin Ripley covers most everything you need to know about freezing, pickling, canning, curing, and more, and includes the occasional recipe. In Brewers, Ted Bruning and Nigel Sadler walk readers through the process of making beer, leaving no hops unturned; indeed, tips 440 to 500 are formulas for making every style of beer you can think of. Both books feature Melvyn Evans’ fetching woodcut illustrations, and both are fun to open at random and read.

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