This would be a great resource to have on hand in any kitchen. While we don't all want to make everything from scratch all the time, having recipes giving us the option is always beneficial. There is a wide range of recipes here and beautifully shot images.

This is a cookbook with everything you can want in a cookbook. There is so much information inside you will be glad you opened it and amazed they find so much inside. There are clear instructions not only with recipes, but other elements for things you want in your kitchen too, such as dehydrating leftovers and making instant soup mixes. This is an extremely interesting cookbook, with great historically details too. These are nice ideas to help reduce waste. It provides some helpful charts and history information too. The beautiful photos as well as creative illustrations are nice to have as I have read several cookbooks lately that have no photos and I just don’t understand that. You also get an equipment guide, which is very useful. If you have ever wanted to create your own spices, can, dehydrate and other things like this then this is a great book to help get you started.

This book has a lot of really good information for canning and preserving foods, unfortunately I didn't like the layout of this cookbook at all. It's just a personal preference but this book has a pages of full color photos followed by pages of those recipes. This often happens in cooking magazines and it kind of drives me crazy. I personally prefer the format of having a recipe and it's photo per page.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I have a lot of very specific cookbooks – Italian cooking. the foods of the American South and so on, but every kitchen needs a good cookbook that covers all the basics. Here, readers will find information about stocking their larders, preparing condiments, mains, side, drinks, desserts and more. For those looking to try a little homesteading their is information about making your own cheese, roasting your own coffee and butchering your own livestock (no thanks!). This is a great comprehensive cookbook for almost everyone

I've been making my own jams for years and I've wanted to expand my knowledge on all things pickling and preserving for some time now, so this book came as a Godsend.

The book is an excellent introduction to the field, each section has a short introduction, and a guide to the equipment needed. In addition, there are lots of basic recipes to get you going, and 'invent-a-mustard' and 'invent-a- pickle', which allows you to play around with the ingredients and get creative, but still with great guidance. It encourages people to be creative with food, and I really like that.

In addition, the pictures are gorgeus, and there are so many of them!

I've picked out a few recipes I wanna try, from the easy starter sugar cubes and vanilla extract, to mustard and cured egg yolks (these sound amazing!) and Amaretto (which is my favourite tipple, so I definitely wanna give that a go!).

In short, this is an excellent introduction to the field of preserving and fermentation, and it really succeeds in stirring the imagination and get the creative juices flowing. Can't wait for the book to come out, I might have to get a physical copy of this one!