The next book project with Jennifer Megyesi is well underway, and has made it onto Skyhorse Publishing's Web site. The Joy of Keeping a Root Cellar explores ways to put up the harvest for winter — I'm interested myself in turning our old cistern into a root cellar. Check out the book's description from the Skyhorse site:THE JOY OF KEEPING A ROOT CELLAR
The Ultimate Guide to Canning, Freezing, Drying, Smoking and Cellaring the Harvest
Jennifer Megyesi
Photography by Geoff Hansen
The winning team behind The Joy of Keeping Chickens returns, this time with a complete guide to building and maintaining a root cellar—even if it's just a dark and cool closet. This cheap, easy, energy-saving way will keep the harvest fresh all year long. Here, readers will learn:
• Which fruits and vegetables store best
• How to build a root cellar in the country, suburbs, or city
• How to deal with specific environmental challenges
• Storage techniques ranging from canning to pickling and smoking to drying
• Recipes for everything from tomato sauce to venison jerky Root cellaring isn't just for off-the-grid types or farmers with large gardens. Storing food makes good sense, both financially and environmentally. And root cellars can easily fit anywhere. In this intelligent, convincing book, authors Megyesi and Hansen show how to make them part of every reader's life.
$14.95 paperback original ($18.95 Canada)
288 pages
Paperback - 6x9
Rights: World
Color Illustrations: 100
Published: August 2010
ISBN 9781602399754