Herbs in Your Kitchen is a practical, friendly guide to using fresh herbs with confidence in everyday cooking. Written for home cooks of all experience levels, it explains how to prepare, store, preserve, combine, and cook with a wide range of familiar and lesser-known herbs.From basil, parsley, mint, and rosemary to tarragon, fennel fronds, lemon balm, and marjoram, each herb is introduced through its flavour, best food pairings, preparation methods, storage tips,...

Have you always wanted to publish a book but thought it was too expensive or complicated? Think again.In How to Self-Publish on a Budget, author Fee O'Shea shows you step-by-step how to turn your idea into a finished book—without spending a fortune. Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, this clear, practical guide will help you navigate every stage of the publishing process with confidence.Learn how to:Turn your idea into a st...

Discover the vibrant world of pastel painting with a guide designed to help you create artwork you'll be proud of. From your very first strokes to more advanced techniques as your skills grow.Whether you're picking up pastels for the first time or returning to the medium after years away, this comprehensive manual shows you how to get the best out of your pastels, paper, colour, and composition. Written in a friendly, practical style by artist Fee O'Shea, this book...

Growing your own herbs is one of life's simplest pleasures—and one of its most rewarding. The Basic Guide to Growing Herbs is a clear, practical introduction to cultivating herbs for cooking, wellbeing, and everyday enjoyment, whether you have a spacious garden, a small backyard, or just a sunny windowsill.Written in an encouraging, down-to-earth style, this guide walks you through everything you need to know to get started with confidence. You'll learn why herbs are so ea...

Discover the techniques that bring pastel paintings to life.Pastel Painting Techniques: The Artist's Guide to Texture and Creative Effects is a practical, beginner-friendly guide designed to help artists understand not just what pastel techniques are, but when, why, and how to use them effectively.Pastels are one of the most immediate and expressive art mediums available. With no brushes to clean and no paint to mix, colour can be applied directly to the surface, allowing a...

A Pastel Still Life Demo is a gentle, confidence-building guide that helps artists experience the quiet joy of creating a still life in soft pastels—without fuss, intimidation, or expensive materials. Using a simple yet striking subject of a hibiscus flower and decorated eggs, Fee O'Shea takes you step by step through her personal pastel process, from preparation and composition to the final refinements.This demonstration focuses on clarity and calm rather than com...

Eating well should be simple, nourishing, and enjoyable—not confusing or restrictive.This clear and practical nutrition guide explains the essential nutrients your body needs and how to obtain them from wholesome, everyday foods. Written in a straightforward and reassuring style, the book removes the overwhelm often associated with modern nutrition advice and replaces it with clarity and common sense.Inside, you will learn about the key nutrients that suppo...

Step By Step: A Pastel Scene Demo by Fee O'Shea is a warm, practical, and highly accessible guide that takes readers through the complete process of creating a pastel painting from start to finish.Designed for beginners and hobby artists alike, this 125-page step-by-step demonstration removes the intimidation factor from pastel work and replaces it with clarity, encouragement, and hands-on technique. Using a charming rural scene of an old caravan set against hills,...

The founder of Wild Food Adventures presents the definitive, fully illustrated guide to foraging and preparing wild edible greens.Beyond the confines of our well-tended vegetable gardens, there is a wide variety of fresh foods growing in our yards, neighborhoods, or local woods. All that's needed to take advantage of this wild bounty is a little knowledge and a sense of adventure. In Edible Wild Plants, wild foods expert John Kallas covers easy-to-identify...

A complete course for the can't-wait-to-get-started beginner!Got the urge to draw? What are you waiting for?! Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3 with Grant Fuller's Start Sketching & Drawing Now! Packed full of easy and fun techniques, readers will learn to create accurate and expressive likenesses of people, animals, landscapes, and objects. Suddenly rendering even something as mundane as an electrical plug will become an adventure in seeing-and as you'l...

Home is a haven, a place of refuge. But did you know it might be making you sick? If your home is cluttered, overwhelming, and full of chemicals, it’s time to detox. The Modern Organic Home helps you de-clutter and clean with natural, homemade products that are healthy for you and your family.You’ll find information on why you should start going organic now and the best organic cleaning products and supplies, where to find them, and how to make them. Start with the basics a...

Hands-on, full-color instruction in this versatile painting mediumAcrylic paint is easy to use, quick to dry, a cinch to clean up, and relatively inexpensive–which makes it a great medium for amateur artists. Following a simple step-by-step approach, Acrylic Painting For Dummies provides hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow exercises in acrylic painting techniques and styles, making the medium accessible to would-be artists at all levels. Featuring larg...