Monday, October 31, 2011

Better Homes & Gardens Ask the Garden Doctor (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking)

Better Homes & Gardens Ask the Garden Doctor (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking)A comprehensive question-and-answer style guide to the ins and outs of successful gardening

Here's the perfect troubleshooting guide for veteran green thumbs and first-time gardeners alike. Ask the Garden Doctor covers more than 1000 common garden problems-everything from gardening basics to pest control to problems associated with specific plants-all from the trusted experts at Better Homes and Gardens. Based on the immensely popular "Ask the Garden Doctor" feature on the Better Homes and Gardens website, this reliable, trustworthy resource will answer virtually every gardening question you might have.

Packed with easy solutions to everyday gardening dilemmas, including weeds, pests, and everything in between, this user-friendly book is organized by by plant type, making it super-simple to find the answers you need. Plus, beautiful full-color photographs show you exactly what to look for and precisely how to resolve the problem.

  • Answers more than 1000 common gardening questions with in-depth, expert guidance
  • Features more than 600 full-color photographs that offer step-by-step advice and help identify plants, pests, and diseases
  • Includes an extensive index that makes this a powerful, easy-to-use resource every gardener should keep on hand

For gardeners of all skill levels, this reliable and comprehensive resource makes problem-solving a breeze!

Price: $19.95


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New Dieter's Cookbook: Eat Well, Feel Great, Lose Weight (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking)

New Dieter's Cookbook: Eat Well, Feel Great, Lose Weight (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking)
  • 500 tempting new recipes make losing weight a delicious experience.
  • 500 vibrant full-color photographs—one of every recipe—will entice you to prepare each dish.
  • The latest advice and tips help you lose weight, eat well, and feel great.
  • Food exchanges with every recipe offers flexibility in meal planning.
  • Information especially designed to address the diet issues of children and adolescents.

Price: $19.95


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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 15th Edition (Better Homes & Gardens Plaid)

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 15th Edition (Better Homes & Gardens Plaid)

The updated and revised 15th edition of America's favorite cookbook

The Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book has been an American favorite since 1930, selling 40 million copies through fourteen editions. This new 15th Edition is the best yet, with hundreds of all-new recipes and a fresh, contemporary style.

Plenty of new chapters have been added to meet the needs of today's everyday cooks, including new chapters on breakfast and brunch, casseroles, and convenience cooking. 1,000 photos accompany this wide selection of recipes, which cover everything from Pad Thai to a Thanksgiving turkey.

  • NEW FEATURES: icons that call out fast, healthy, or classic dishes; an expanded and revised chapter on canning and freezing foods; and new chapters on pizza, sandwiches, wraps, and more
  • Presents more than 1,200 recipes, including 750 brand new to this edition
  • More than 800 helpful step-by-step, how-to images and photos
  • New suggestions for personalizing family dinners, new twists on favorite dishes, and plenty of recipes that yield leftovers you can use again in other recipes

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 15th Edition covers it all! Completely revised, revamped and updated, this is a must for every kitchen.

Price: $29.95


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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Better Homes & Gardens Rose Gardening

Better Homes & Gardens Rose GardeningGreat ideas and down-to-earth wisdom on rose gardening from Better Homes and Gardens and the American Rose Society

Better Homes and Gardens presents Rose Gardening, a comprehensive guide to growing great roses recommended by the American Rose Society. Roses are hardy, beautiful plants that grow easily and survive cold weather, so they continually remain popular for home gardeners. This practical guide combines the artistry of rose gardening with the green-thumb wisdom it takes to succeed.

For gardeners of every skill level-whether they've grown roses before or hardly know what one should look like-this book offers inspiration, beautiful photography, artistic and creative garden plans, and historical information that rose enthusiasts will love.

  • Includes colorful diagrams, helpful checklists that make planning a breeze, easy-to-understand planting and caring directions, and much more
  • Features more than 600 stunning full-color photographs, including a gallery of roses that showcases hundreds of varieties
  • Offers advice on selecting the right roses for your geographical region, combining roses with other plants in your design, up-to-date information on pest control, and general garden maintenance

For anyone who loves roses and rose gardens, Rose Gardening is the ultimate resource for the home gardener.

Price: $19.95


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Best Bread Machine Recipes: For 1 1/2- and 2-pound loaves (Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen)

Best Bread Machine Recipes: For 1 1/2- and 2-pound  loaves (Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen)A total of 80 recipes featuring a variety of flavors—sweet and savory—that make use of a bread machine’s convenient and timesaving features.

Recipes give ingredient amounts for both 1 1/2-pound and 2-pound loaves.

Every recipe tested in the Better Homes and Gardens® Test Kitchen in machines from a variety of manufacturers to ensure success.

Answers questions from consumers that are commonly asked of the Test Kitchen home economists to help readers solve specific bread machine baking problems.

Shows how to convert conventional bread recipes into bread machine recipes.

Machine settings specified for each recipe.

Nutrition Facts with every recipe in new easy-to-read vertical column format, include the percent Daily Values for calories, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, cholesterol, carbohydrates, and fiber.

Concealed wire-o binding allows book to lie flat for easy reading.

Price: $15.95


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Better Homes & Gardens Ultimate Low-Calorie Meals: More than 400 Light and Healthy Recipes for Every Day

Better Homes & Gardens Ultimate Low-Calorie Meals: More than 400 Light and Healthy Recipes for Every DayYou'll never run out of healthy, nutritious family meals with this extensive collection of low-calorie recipes

New in the Ultimate series, The Ultimate Low-Calorie Meals Book offers hundreds of recipes and ideas that make eating healthy and watching your weight easy and delicious. These recipes are ideal for light and nutritious everyday meals that form the basis of a healthy lifestyle. Filled with dishes the entire family will love, recipes are clearly marked with icons that let you quickly identify recipes that are ready in 30 minutes or less, high in fiber, and low in sodium.

Packed with more than 400 delicious and nutritious low-calorie meals and hundreds of beautiful photos, The Ultimate Low-Calorie Meals Book is a great resource at a great price.

  • Features more than 400 flavorful calorie- and fat-conscious recipes, including main dishes, snacks, sandwiches, pizza, desserts, restaurant favorites, and make-ahead meals
  • Includes more than 300 gorgeous full-color photographs that make every page inspiring and easy to follow
  • Special Healthy Eating Basics chapter
  • Special features include substitution charts that help make every meal more calorie-conscious, up-to-date diet and nutrition advice, and much more

Whether you're trying to adopt new, low-calorie eating habits or looking for new recipes to help you maintain your already-healthy lifestyle, this is the ultimate guide to tasty, healthy eating.

Price: $19.99


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Friday, October 28, 2011

Better Homes and Gardens Complete Book of Baking

Better Homes and Gardens Complete Book of BakingA selection of 375 recipes helps bakers recreate childhood memories--including yeast breads, cakes, fruit-packed pies, creamy puddings, and cookies--and offers information on ingredient choice, garnishing, measuring, temperatures, substitutions, equipment, and bakeware. 50,000 first printing.

Price: $29.95


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Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-On Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden

The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-On Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home GardenHere's hands-on advice from a professional horticulturist and experienced fruit grower to help gardeners create an edible landscape. The Backyard Berry Book provided all the information that backyard gardeners need to grow strawberries, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, lingonberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes, and kiwi fruit. Includes details on soil nutrition and testing; disease, pest, weed, and bird control; and trellis design. A trouble-shooting section and Seasonal Activity Calendar will help ensure success.

Price: $17.95


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Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Better Homes & Gardens Plaid)

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Better Homes & Gardens Plaid)
  • Completely revised and updated with a fresh new design.
  • More than 1,400 recipes—tested and perfected in the Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen--including 400+ quick and easy ones.
  • All-new 20-Minute chapter, which includes more than 45 fast meal solutions.
  • More recipes on your favorite topics: Cookies, Desserts, Grilling and Slow Cooker. Plus, the Grilling chapter now features recipes for the turkey fryer and more recipes for the smoke cooker.
  • At-a-glance icons identify Easy, Fast, Low-Fat, Fat-Free, Whole Grain, Vegetarian, and Favorite recipes.
  • Simple menu ideas featured in every main-dish chapter.
  • Updated Cooking Basics chapter includes need-to-know kitchen survival advice including food safety, make-ahead cooking, must-have timesaving kitchen gadgets and emergency substitution charts.
  • Essential need-to-know information now conveniently located at the front of each chapter for easy reference helps ensure cooking success.
  • More than 800 full-color photos of finished dishes, how-to demonstrations and food IDs.
  • Hundreds of hints and tips, plus easy-to-read cooking charts.
  • Bonus Material: Exclusive to cookbook buyers, an online menu component offers hundreds of menu ideas and more than 75 bonus recipes.

Price: $19.95


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Basement Design Guide (Better Homes & Gardens)

Basement Design Guide (Better Homes & Gardens)If your basement needs more than a fresh coat of paint, the Basement Design Guide is a great place to start. The book offers practical advice on how to get started, step-by-step instructions on designing and planning the project, as well as tips to staying on budget. If you're looking for some visual guidance, there is a section of photos that showcase attainable basements complete with the newest design trends, from paneling to lighting to home entertainment centers.

Price: $19.95


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New Father Book: What Every New Father Needs to Know to Be a Good Dad

New Father Book: What Every New Father Needs to Know to Be a Good DadGeneral introduction of what it means to be a new father and how to be a good, new father.

Price: $3.98


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