A fun and fabulous guide to creating snacks, meals, andcrafts. This ultimate food drying resource has something foreveryone: vegetarians, natural and raw food enthusiasts,hunters, fishermen, gourmet cooks, gardeners, farmers, andhikers. With more than thirty years of food drying experience,Mary T. Bell offers straightforward and practicalinstructions for drying everything from bananas tomushrooms to blue cheese, without ignoring traditionalfavorites such as jerky, apples and tomatoes. Mary Bellalso offers nutritional tips and delicious recipes forcooking and baking with dried foods. She even includesrecipes to make animal treats for birds, dogs and cats.This book also includes descriptions of how various fooddehydrators work to give readers a better understanding ofthe tools of the craft. |