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"You're standing in front of your refrigerator, a week after your last trip to the supermarket. You've got a bunch of random veggies, some wrinkly fruit, near-expired milk, and those pricey fresh herbs you bought for that one recipe and don't know how to use up. For a split second you picture yourself opening a trash bag, throwing everything away, and ordering takeout. We've all been there. But instead ... you pick up this cookbook. In no time you've...
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Did you know that the average American throws away around $30 each month in the form of uneaten food? It's time to reduce the kitchen waste you produce, and save money. This book will show you how, via smart suggestions, checklists, recipes, and your very own kitchen waste audit. Dana Gunders dispels the illusion that addressing food-waste issues requires tons of your time and money. By showing how to shop smarter, portion more accurately, and simply...
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Orca think volume 9
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English
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"Around the world, a billion tons of food gets thrown away every year, even while hundreds of millions of people go hungry. A lot of what we don't eat ends up rotting in landfills, which creates methane and contributes to the climate crisis. The good new is that many governments, communities and individuals--like you--are working hard to tackle this giant problem."--
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2024.
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"Imagine a world where you can eat healthier, save money, and reduce your impact on the planet. Carleigh Bodrug is back with a cookbook packed to the brim with nourishing plant-based meal that will help you eat well and reduce your food waste one bite at a time. Enjoy over 140 fuss-free recipes to use up what you have in your fridge and pantry, all displayed in Carleigh's easy-to-digest infographic style"--Back cover.
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"In this simple-to-follow guide for today's households, food writer and climate activist Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma provides everything you need to prepare good-for-us, good-for-the-planet food. Beginning with a primer on "the big why" of eating with emissions and land-use in mind, and a comprehensive guide to stocking kitchen essentials and making the most of your pantry, Puneeta outlines the accessible, achievable framework she calls "Eating with Benefits."...
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Rodale
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[2023]
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English
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A social media star chef teaches how to harness the power of plants through simple and flavorful recipes that help fight food waste, providing practical ideas for using up the whole vegetable, transforming leftovers, and storing food to maximize freshness.
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Rizzoli
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2018.
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English
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The average American household throws away more than $1,500 worth of food every year. Featuring 100 recipes from chefs such as Rick Bayless, Elizabeth Falkner, Bryant Terry, and Katie Button, Waste Not shows readers how to turn ingredients that often end up in the trash into delicious dishes and exciting takes on tried-and-true recipes. There are no better ambassadors to inspire people to reduce food waste than chefs. Nobody knows more about how to...
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Hardie Grant Books
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2019.
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English
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The Zero Waste Cookbook is the complete guide to how you can make your food stretch further in order to reduce your waste. From using a husk of corn to make a vegetable stock, to using lemon zest to infuse vodka, or sunflower seeds to add crunch to bread, Giovanna Torrico and Amelia Wasiliev cover over 100 simple and creative recipes that make delicious use of the food that usually goes to waste. With chapters on fruit, vegetables, bread, dairy, meat...
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DK Publishing
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2023.
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English
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Join sustainability enthusiast and climate activist Sam Bentley as he shares the hopeful developments combating climate change! Do you feel like climate change is just getting worse and there's nothing you can do to stop it? Good news--there are tons of efforts already underway to save our planet, and we'd love for you to join the fight. Good News, Planet Earth! is your go-to guide to learn all about the amazing sustainable developments that are happening...
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Phaidon Press Limited
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2017.
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English
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"Massimo Bottura, the world's best chef, prepares extraordinary meals from ordinary and sometimes 'wasted' ingredients inspiring home chefs to eat well while living well. Bread is Gold is the first book to take a holistic look at the subject of food waste, presenting recipes for three-course meals from 45 of the world's top chefs, including Daniel Humm, Mario Batali, René Redzepi, Alain Ducasse, Joan Roca, Enrique Olvera, Ferran & Albert Adrià and...
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Dorling Kindersley Publishing
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2022.
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English
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A fully illustrated, practical guide that explains how to follow a sustainable approach to food and fashion Live sustainably with style - grow fruits and vegetables, cook them, create natural dyes, then make your own clothes with five full-size pattern sheets. Focused around five crops (blackberry, nettle, onion, red cabbage, and rhubarb) that can be foraged or grown in an allotment, planter, or container, Bella Gonshorovitz - fashion designer, dressmaker,...
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DK Publishing
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2021.
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English
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Determining a food's carbon cost can be difficult. From examining the impact of the supply chain for foods to evaluating the carbon footprint of various plant-based options, this cookbook shows you exactly how to make the most environmentally friendly food choices. Packed with over 140 delicious recipes made with sustainable ingredients, this climate-friendly cooking book will teach you how to calculate your footprint, reduce your meat and dairy intake,...
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Quadrille, an imprint of Hardie Grant Publishing
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2024.
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English
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"In this inspirational cookbook, the award-winning food writer Sue Quinn shows us that if we truly celebrate leftovers we can create exciting dishes that taste just as good--if not better--than the meal from which they hailed. Second Helpings offers innovative ways to use up leftovers, so you waste less food and spend less money. The book is packed with ingenious ways to use up bits and bobs in the fridge, half-empty packets in the store cupboard,...
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Da Capo, Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group
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[2016]
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English
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"Don't toss those leftovers or pitch your beet greens. Eat it up! Sherri Brooks Vinton helps you make the most of out the food you bring home. These 150 delicious recipes mine the treasure in your kitchen--the fronds from your carrots, leaves from your cauliflower, bones from Sunday's roast, even the last lick of jam in the jar are put to good, tasty use,"--page [4] of cover.
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