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Stock Photo | | Item Specifics - Nonfiction Books | | | Author: | Cheryl Mendelson | | Edition Description: | Reprint | | | Publisher: | Scribner | | Category: | Home & Garden | | | ISBN-10: | 0743272862 | | | | | | ISBN-13: | 9780743272865 | | | | | | Format: | Softcover | | Condition: | -- | | | Publication Year: | 2005 | | | | | | Special Attributes: | -- | | | | | | |
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***Brand NEW Book***
Home Comforts:
The Art and Science of Keeping House
By Cheryl Mendelson
Description:
Virtually everyone enjoys a crisply ironed dress shirt, clean sheets on a well-made bed, and a savory home-cooked meal. Yet housekeeping today stands as a somewhat neglected, if not maligned, job. But as author Cheryl Mendelson points out in Home Comforts, keeping house well can be a rewarding position--it allows you to provide for the physical and emotional comfort of loved ones. It's also not an easy job--there's much to be learned about properly managing a home, and Mendelson has set out to provide a guide to doing just that.
Mendelson, a homemaker, lawyer, and mother, learned about housekeeping from an early age from her grandmothers, one Appalachian, the other Italian. The two grandmothers taught her that although different ways of keeping house can be appropriate, there are generally smarter, faster, and more creative ways of housekeeping that make it less of a chore and more of an art. In a practical, authoritative tone, Mendelson discusses the ins and outs of homemaking, such as washing dishes, recommended cleaning methods for various surfaces, housekeeping for those with pets or allergies, and emergency preparedness and safety procedures.
Mendelson's well-researched book includes meticulous sections on food (for example, which foods belong in the fridge versus the pantry, food storage times, picking the freshest fruits and vegetables, and keeping your kitchen and food sanitary) as well as laundry (caring for various fabrics, how to read--and read between the lines of--clothing care labels, and removing stains). Mendelson covers a lot of ground, and as she herself points out, readers shouldn't feel required to do everything mentioned in the book--simply pick the activities that seem appropriate for your particular home. This is a comprehensive reference book that should serve homemakers well and induce a greater appreciation for the effort and specialized knowledge that go into keeping house.
Product Details:
# Paperback: 896 pages
# Publisher: Scribner (April 5, 2005)
Book Condition:
Like New Paperback, no spine or cover creases, clean, tight, unmarked. Book has some handling wear, otherwise NEW.
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| Synopsis | This modern guide to housekeeping tells how to simplify domestic chores, and argues that readers can find financial and spiritual empowerment by properly managing their households. This reference guide advises on a wide range of topics, including fabric care, food preservation, allergen removal, and domestic employee management. Illustrations throughout.
| | Details | | Illustrator: | Harry Bates |
| | Size | | Length: | 884 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in. | | Width: | 6.8 in. | | Thickness: | 1.2 in. | | Weight: | 40.6 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | A comprehensive housekeeping reference covers everything from cleaners and laundry to cooking and furniture repair, in an illustrated edition complemented by seasonal tips, philosophical essays about the value of domestic arts, and anecdotal writings about the author's experiences as a lawyer and a dedicated housekeeper.
| | Industry reviews | "I applaud Ms. Mendelson's brief for the home; since reading HOME COMFORTS, I have separated some laundry, reorganized a closet and cleaned out the drawers of my refrigerator, all definite improvements. Yet very few contemporary American families could attain Ms. Mendelson's lofty standards of housekeeping, and that's the psychological hurdle one must clear to enjoy this book."
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"But store-bought shortcuts and painfully executed projects won't work, says Cheryl Mendelson, author of HOME COMFORTS, a step-by-step guide to doing it the right way....Mendelson has put homemaking in its places, tackling the keeping and preparation of food and cloth, cleanliness, daily life, safe shelter, and rights and wrongs....COMFORTS is not a Heloise-style tricky-tips book. It simply tells you how to do the things you never knew how to do....HOME COMFORTS is the house what JOY OF COOKING is to food."
USA Today - Katy Kelly (12/08/1999)
"Sometimes Mendelson draws back just when you want her to get down to cases: sponges harbor bacteria, yes, but with exactly what should we wipe down our kitchen counters--one of the carefully sorted dish towels of which we should make profligate use (and then launder and iron)? But mostly she is as specific and direct as anyone could wish--or wish to escape--and manages both completeness and concision, especially when she takes obvious pleasure in the subject: planning, serving and cleaning up after meals and explaining their centrality to family life; sorting, washing and drying laundry, including ironing, which 'gratifies the senses.' Readers will have to keep in mind the author's initial assurances that you can't do it all--but here are instructions for whatever you do want to consider if you want to keep your house refreshed, sanitary and pleasant."
New York Times - Corby Kummer (12/19/1999)
"[A] vast, information-crammed new book....HOME COMFORTS belongs in as many households as its model, JOY OF COOKING--which is to say, about every American household....It is unified by one voice, that of a tireless researcher intent on covering every topic but more inspirational on the activities that truly capture her interest."
New York Times Book Review - Corby Kummer (12/19/1999)
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