Dry It - You'll Like It ! [Paperback]

Gen MacManiman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1974

A book about dehydrating food, including recipes and plans for building your own food dehydrator. A classic beginner's book, now in its 28th printing, with 280,000 copies in print worldwide.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Gen MacManiman ... wrote the first reliable book on home food drying a generation ago." -- Mother Earth News online edition, 2000

"Gen MacManiman--the Pacific Northwest's own Euell Gibbons." -- The Village Voice, in the 1970s --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

In 1968, we built our first dehydrator to dry the abundant wild herbs on our woodland farm. After three years of experiments with a variety of drying systems, we found the one that we thought was best, the one that eventually became the Living Foods Dehydrator.

It was designed to be trouble-free, efficient, and inexpensive. We were soon building dehydrators for neighbors and friends who came with materials in hand and questions galore. They wanted to know how to dry foods, when they were dry, how to store them, and how to use them.

We had a growing list of recipes to share, so we enlisted the talents of Paula Calderon to help gather those ideas. Her wonderful hand-printed text grew until we had a book. We published "Dry It--You'll Like It!" first in 1973. It is now in its 28th printing, with more than a quarter million copies sold, and we continue to share ideas and make friends around the world.

Have a drying good time,

Gen MacManiman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 74 pages
• Publisher: [Living Foods Dehydrators (1974)
• ASIN: B0006W48AA
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,857,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun little book for fans of food dehydration., September 24, 2002

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Wendy A. B. Whipple (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dry It- You'll Like It (Paperback)

This is a friendlier, more personal book than Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook. There's not as much in it, in terms of content, but there are things in here Bell doesn't cover - like drying grains. (Make your own corn chips with this book!)

For those who don't have a dehydrator already, or for folks who like to build things themselves, there are detailed plans and instructions to build your own "living foods dehydrator."

If you were to own *only* one book for food dehydrating, go with Bell's book. If you like to have a cooking "library" (as I do), this book is a terrific addition to it. "Try" it - you'll like it!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good, cheap reference on drying all kinds of foods, July 30, 1998

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[e-mail] (davis, california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dry It- You'll Like It (Paperback)

this book is the companion to the living foods dehydrator, a 7 shelf (each = 2ft X 2ft) low voltage electric element dehydrator. i've owned one for 18 years and it's still going great guns! it's especially good for those who have access to lots of cheap/free fresh foods to dry. like they say: "dry it - you'll like it!"

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, and enjoyable snacks!, January 11, 2001

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Kim Baldwin "Kimmiebee" (Kent, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dry It--You'll Like It! (Paperback)

We've had this book since 1978. My husband made the drying rack, and used a bunch of light bulbs wired in series with a thermostat instead of the "warm air generator". It's been running for over 20 years! It's so simple to use. The book takes you through the process and gives great recipes. We came here to Amazon looking for the book for other members of the family. We're glad to see it's still in print. It's worth every penny.