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    I soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo want Julia Childs French Cooking: for dumb amerikans w/o a clue cookbook set!!! It's just to spendy at the moment.
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    Keep in mind that a lot of times you get what you pay for. (zero).

    A couple of the free animal care books I've checked out have been worse than useless. Probably downright harmful for the beginner. Take some of this info with a big grain of salt. A lot of times people are trying to make a buck by emptying their brains on a subject and dumping it on a page when their brains don't hold much useful info to start with.

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    Yes, some of them are useless (especially some of the modern ones) but some are priceless. I love the Grandmother's Best series that I first got a few of free and have sent bought others; the women who wrote them is the grand daughter of a lady who trained as a hotel chef in the late 1800's and wrote professional cookbooks herself when she was younger.

    The worst ones seem to be those books cobbled together from Internet sources by people trying to make a quick buck with an e-book. Then there are some by people who may be good cooks, but don't really understand how to communicate recipes or other similar information very well.

    A good way to weed things out, if you are in a hurry, is to look at the customer reviews. You don't even have to read them, just look for stars if you are really rushed. Between 3 and 5 stars means at least one person probably found it useful; and since it says how many people reviewed it, you can see if 45 people rate it an average between 4 and 5 starts it is probably worth it for free or even 99 cents.

    If it has one or two stars and more than one review, it is probably not worth it even for free. Anyone can dislike a book, but if more than one person dislikes a cook book for good reasons (like the one that said "all the recipes in the book are from the Inter, book is poorly written and contains many errors") just skip and move on.

    I am hoping to put my Barn Cat book up, but I can say in my blurb that all the information has been reviewed by a Vet which it has. People writing animal care books who are not professionals should always try to have this done as a matter of course, or at least get a qualified vet tech to review the material before publishing.
    expatriate Californian living in rural Ireland with husband, dogs, horses. garden and many, many cats

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    Default A guide to the First Year of Widowhood

    A change of pace from recipe books, I'm also noticing some self-help books and/or in my case good books to have if you need to advise others. I have no idea if this book is good or not (though it looks promising) but I'm adding to my library and hope to at least skim through it. Just a couple of years ago a young women in our group of friend married her long time boyfriend only to have him die three months later (pretty much went into the hospital after the honeymoon).

    I wasn't close enough to actually be a listening ear for that one; but the loss of a spouse is the sort of think likely to happen in a SHTF situation (as well as daily life). We often don't think of this sort of information as survival reading but in many ways it is, especially in terms of long term planning.

    Anyway, free today on Amazon




    expatriate Californian living in rural Ireland with husband, dogs, horses. garden and many, many cats

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    Have not studied yet but these cook books look useful 1950's vintage recipes

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    The ABC's of Herb and Spice cookery
    expatriate Californian living in rural Ireland with husband, dogs, horses. garden and many, many cats

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    Thanks Disastercat!

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    'The Poverty Cookbook; My Favorites' Emily Waters is free today - just got mine....on Kindle PC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lurker View Post
    'The Poverty Cookbook; My Favorites' Emily Waters is free today - just got mine....on Kindle PC.




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    The Food Allergy Mama's Baking Book: Great Dairy-, Egg-, and Nut-Free Treats for the Whole Family






    http://www.amazon.com/Food-Allergy-M...016951&sr=1-11
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    Easy-As Recipes - Gluten Free Breads Cookbook (Easy-As Gluten Free Recipes)










    http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-Recipe...017346&sr=1-79
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