D.I.Y. Delicious

Book excerpt: A resourceful and rewarding way to fill your pantry: “Simple instructions for making staples such as peanut butter, crackers, yogurt, and kombucha.” —Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer For those who want to master the fundamentals of a scratch pantry and have graduated from simple weekend jam and baking activities, this book offers a wide variety of recipes and blueprints for artisanal food projects. Forty projects with accompanying recipes appeal to a range of skill levels and palates. D.I.Y. Delicious goes beyond pickling and preserving into fermenting, culturing cheese, and brewing sodas and tonics. A total of 75 recipes and more than 50 step-by-step color photographs lead the way to outfitting a scratch pantry that uses fewer ingredients to make delicious staples at a much lower cost.