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Filled with tips on how to live and have fun on a small budget, this 352-page book is a compilation of the juiciest tips from the personal finance blog www.WiseBread.com. The best way to ensure that readers will stick to a budget is to help them create a lifestyle that is as much fun as it is practical.

Wisebread is a community of bloggers that provides readers with folksy and relatable advice on how to manage and spend their money. They syndicate content to MSN and have been featured in the New York Times, CNN, Forbes, NPR, Newsweek, Fox, AP, U.S. News & World Report, and Wired. They are part of the Killer Aces Blog Newwork.

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You don't need a commercial kitchen or unrecognizable ingredients to whip up fresh buttermilk, yogurt, cream cheese, crème fraîche, mozzarella, goat cheese, and other dairy delights. The simple homemade cheese recipes in The Home Creamery encourage you to turn your fresh, sweet milk and cream into cultured dairy products and soft, unripened cheeses.

To use the homemade cheese recipes in this book you'll need the best quality milk you can find. These recipes start with pasteurized milk, which is widely available. Cow's, goat's or sheep's milk will work for these homemade cheeses, so start experimenting with your favorite!

From the easy yogurt cheese, for which you'll just need yogurt, salt and some cheese cloth to enjoy a delicious treat, to homemade cottage cheese, ricotta and goat's milk feta, which will give you the satisfaction of enjoying a wholesome and delicious dairy products knowing every ingredient that went into making them.

Enjoy your creamy, homemade spreads and cheeses as simple accompaniments to small bites or light meals, or as starring ingredients in more substantial side dishes, salads, entrées, and desserts. The Home Creamery includes 75 recipes to use your homemade cheese in, from Cheese Blintzes to Chocolate Sour Cream Cake, you will be able bring out the very best in your dairy creations.

About the Author: Kathy Farrell-Kingsley is the author of many magazine articles and cookbooks- including The Big Book of Vegetarian and Chocolate Cakes, selected by Julia Child as one of the best cookbooks of 1993. Kathy was also the founder of Great Cakes Bakery, which still operates in Westport, Conn.

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You can sew beautiful and useful crafts with the guidance of Home Sweet Sewn. With the more than 20 sewing projects contained in this book you'll turn your house into a warm and inspiring home.

Sew beautiful crafts, from bedroom linens and dolls, to aprons and book covers, using the instructions and patterns included with each project. Take in the beautiful crafts and get inspired to sew your own designs.

The sewing projects in this book are not only beautiful, but they are also practical. You'll want to use your spring-inspired apron over and over, and the children in your life will enjoy many afternoons playing with their sewn "snakes and ladders" game, which they'll be able to play indoors or out.

About the Authors: Alice Butcher and Ginny Farquhar share a common love of vintage and recycled fabric and enjoy creating original textile projects that add that unique homespun look to interiors and accessories alike. They have been designing together for the last eight years and have exhibited their work at various high profile shows and fairs. They are the authors of Sew Fabulous Fabrics.

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Diagrams and text explain how you can build and install a dump bed on your truck's chassis and use the power steering pump/fluid to activate a pair of double-acting hydraulic cylinders to raise and lower the bed. Advanced metalwork and machinery skills recommended.

To purchase a downloadable PDF of this Hydraulic Dumb Bed Conversion Blueprint click here.

DISCLAIMER

It is your responsibility to make sure that any project you undertake is safe, effective, and legal for your situation. All Ogden Publications' blueprints are offered AS IS for information and entertainment purposes only. No warranties are expressed or implied. By using this information or this blueprint you agree to hold Ogden Publications harmless from any damages or injuries of any kind that might result from errors, omissions or other causes.