The Waste-Wise Kitchen Companion : How to Eat Better, Save Money, and Utilize Leftovers Creatively: Hundreds of Practical Tips for Repairing, Reusing, and Repurposing Food. This item is unavailable.The Waste-Wise Kitchen Companion : How to Eat Better, Save Money, and Utilize Leftovers Creatively: Hundreds of Practical Tips for Repairing, Reusing, and Repurposing Food

This easy-to-use handbook is an A to Z treasure trove of food items-fresh and leftover-and the numerous and delicious ways of using them up. It also shows how to extend a food’s shelf life, find alternate uses for typically discarded parts, and repair recipes that went wrong. Beyond the kitchen, create your own garden compost and potpourri. Discover hundreds of ideas for achieving sustainable and environmentally friendly processes to streamline your pantry—and balance your budget.

Whether you’re dealing with your garden’s bumper crop, living on a budget, or simply looking for ways to reduce waste, just look up the food item in question to learn about the multiple ways it can be used, reused, and repurposed.

Originally from Liverpool, England, Jean B. MacLeod is an enthusiastic 86-year-old culinarian and member of the Culinary Historians of Southern California and Slow Food USA. Having lived through years of food rationing during and after WWII, she knows a thing or two about frugality and the preciousness of food. Author of If I’d Only Listened to My Mom, I’d Know How to Do This: Hundreds of Household Remedies, she enjoys life in the Los Angeles area.