The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home: The Happy Luddite's Guide to Domestic Self-Sufficiency

About this book

The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home is not about extreme off-the-grid living. Its for city and suburban dwellers with day jobs: people who love to cook love fresh natural ingredients and old techniques for preservation; people who like doing things themselves with a needle and thread garden hoe or manual saw. Ken Albala and Rosanna Nafziger Henderson spread the spirit of antiquated self-sufficiency throughout the household. They offer projects that are decidedly unplugged and a little daring including: Home building projects like rooftop food dehydrators and wood-burning ovens Homemaking essentials from sewing and quilting to rug braiding and soap making The wonders of grain: making croissants by hand sprouting grains and baking bread Adventures with meat: pickled pigs feet homemade liverwurst and celery-cured salami Intended for industrious cooks and crafters who arent afraid to roll up their sleeves The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home will teach you the history and how-to on projects for every facet of your home all without the electric toys that take away from the experience of making things by hand.