Good Housekeeping

A practical and attractive handbook with more than 850 essential life skills to get anything done faster and easier The editors and scientists at Good Housekeeping and its lab, the Good Housekeeping Institute, share genius solutions and trusted, expert advice in this how-to guide to making life simpler. With chapters on the kitchen, organizing and cleaning, decorating, home maintenance, outdoor living, and entertaining and celebrating, this go-to resource offers step-by-step illustrated instructions, inspiring photos and sometimes surprising but always practical guidance to get things done. Plus, you'll save time and money and even have fun along the way. The 850+ skills include how to: Store and make your own spice mixes Clean your house in 15 minutes Seal a drafty window Remove water rings from your tables Perk up a grocery-store bouquet Sew a button Plant an outdoor herb garden (and keep herbs fresh after they are picked!) Make the perfect boiled egg Uncork champagne Cure a hangover and so much more! QR codes throughout the pages offer additional lessons and video instruction. Whatever home means to you, this book is brimming with invaluable know-how to keep your home in tip-top shape and to help you inject more fun and flair into your every day.

Awesome S.T.E.A.M.-based science experiments you can do right at home with easy-to-find materials designed for maximum enjoyment, learning, and discovery for kids ages 8 to 12 Join the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute Labs and explore the science you interact with every day. Using the scientific method, you’ll tap into your own super-powers of logic and deduction to go on a science adventure. The engaging experiments exemplify core concepts and range from quick and simple to the more complex. Each one includes clear step-by-step instructions and color photos that demonstrate the process and end result. Plus, secondary experiments encourage young readers to build on what they’ve discovered. A “Mystery Solved!” explanation of the science at work helps your budding scientist understand the outcomes of each experiment. These super-fun, hands-on experiments include: Building a solar oven and making s’mores Creating an active rain cloud in a jar Using static electricity created with a balloon to power a light bulb Growing your own vegetables—from scraps! Investigating the forces that make an object sink or float And so much more! Bursting with more than 200 color photos and incredible facts, this sturdy hard cover is the perfect classroom resource or gift for any aspiring biologist, chemist, physicist, engineer, and mathematician!

A comprehensive cookbook from the Good Housekeeping test kitchens provides classic recipes for baked goods, including chocolate walnut tarts, drop sugar cookies, buttery blueberry pie, lemon ricotta cheesecake, and traditional Irish soda bread.

Good Housekeeping Book of British Food is a superb collection of imaginatively prepared, home-produced fare, using fresh ingredients and high-quality produce. The vast array of delectable ingredients that Britain has to offer are all included – succulent Scottish beef, tender Welsh lamb, Stilton and Cheddar cheese, young asparagus, tangy rhubarb, juicy Cox's apples and luxurious smoked salmon to name but a few. The triple-tested recipes represent the wide variety of British produce, whether recently introduced or grown here for centuries – food for any day of the year and every meal of the day. Many are favourite regional dishes, such as Scotch Broth, Irish Stew, Welsh Rabbit, Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, Bakewell Pudding and Soda Bread. And, of course, there are traditional recipes for the most recognized British dish, the Sunday roast. Tasty seasonal treats also abound, with recipes for a boozy Christmas Pudding, Easter biscuits and delicious pancakes. So whether you're looking for simple, yet interesting, everyday recipes, dishes to serve when entertaining, or vegetarian recipes to enjoy at any time, with this best of British cookbook, you'll have plenty of scrumptious ideas to hand.

Good Housekeeping’s modern approach to tradition is archetypal of 1950s living as the post-war age of the consumer brought about massive changes in the home. Out with the old and in with the new; the open-plan, fitted kitchen with its brand new appliances was the housewife's domain. A renaissance of 50s-style living is now being witnessed in our ultra-modern society as we see a growing interest in the culture and skills that have been forgotten or recently ignored. Not only in philosophy, but also practically, in fashion, beauty and lifestyle, we are simultaneously looking back and pushing forwards under the influence of this effervescent decade. Lovingly selected from Good Housekeeping’s archive, this nostalgic facsimile reproduction of the food, fashion, fiction and fitness features that formed the backbone of Britain’s wartime homemaking is sure to delight and inspire. Including stories and adverts, along with cleaning and craft tips for the perfect housewife this is the ultimate window on to domestic life at the time and empathetic history.

A collection of over 1,400 recipes each featuring step-by-step instructions, including 900 color photographs of finished dishes.

A collection of over 1,400 recipes each featuring step-by-step instructions, including 900 color photographs of finished dishes.

A collection of recipes from the "Good Housekeeping" kitchens for sixty different types of Christmas cookies, all yielding more than eight dozen cookies and perfect for a holiday cookie swap.