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Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money By Wasting Less Food (Zero Waste Home, Zero Waste Book, Sustainable Living Book) Paperback – September 29, 2015

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Despite a growing awareness of food waste, many well-intentioned home cooks lack the tools to change their habits. This handbook—packed with engaging checklists, simple recipes, practical strategies, and educational infographics—is the ultimate tool for reducing food waste. From a scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council come these everyday techniques that call for minimal adjustments of habit, from shopping, portioning, and using a refrigerator properly to simple preservation methods including freezing, pickling, and cellaring. At once a good read and a go-to reference, this handy guide is chock-full of helpful facts and tips, including 20 "use-it-up" recipes and a substantial directory of common foods.
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Dana Gunders is a project scientist working on food and agriculture with the Natural Resources Defense Council. She is based in Berkeley, California.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1452133549
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 29, 2015
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781452133546
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1452133546
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 0.63 x 8 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #104,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dana loves food and utterly despises seeing it going to waste. She is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the first to bring to light just how much food is wasted across the country through her 2012 report, Wasted: How America is Losing Up to 40% of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill. Dana's work to reduce food waste has been featured on Dr. Oz, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, CNN, NBC, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, NPR, and many other outlets. She now works with policymakers, food companies, foundations, and local governments and leads NRDC's food waste team.

Along the way, she realized a key reason people waste food is that they don't have the right knowledge at their fingertips. Thus was born the Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Customers find this handbook to be a great reference guide with lots of helpful information and practical tips, making it a must-read for home managers. The book provides good ideas for not wasting food, with one customer noting how it helped their family save both food and money. Customers appreciate the tasty recipes, with one highlighting recipes for using up excess food, and the storage section offers organizing tips for refrigerators and freezers. Customers value the book's awareness of waste, with one noting how it helped them clean up their kitchen habits.

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42 customers mention "Information quality"40 positive2 negative

Customers find the book provides lots of helpful information and serves as a great reference guide, with one customer noting it's particularly valuable for new homemakers.

"Great tips and information on getting the most out of the staples and fresh produce you bring into your kitchen...." Read more

"...A lot of good information, but I think it is lacking for me in a few ways:..." Read more

"Very handy and informative. I frequently go back to the book to determine the best way to store, freeze and use up different food items...." Read more

"Though the content of this book is informative and what I expected, it doesn't work well on the Kindle format...." Read more

25 customers mention "Readability"24 positive1 negative

Customers find the book highly readable and consider it a must-read for home managers.

"Great book, really provides great tips on how to approach food shopping and food organization. You should buy this book." Read more

"Amazing book!!! Great layout and so many awesome tools to keep your food better while saving money and staying organized!!!" Read more

"This is an excellent book. It really hits at the practical things one can do to reduce food waste which is a major problem in the US...." Read more

"...the environment AND a positive impact to your budget - this is a great book to read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. J. Watts" Read more

19 customers mention "Reducing waste"16 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the book's approach to reducing kitchen waste, with multiple reviews highlighting its good ideas for minimizing food waste, and one customer noting how it helped their family save money.

"...It really hits at the practical things one can do to reduce food waste which is a major problem in the US...." Read more

"...This book has great tips to achieve what the title suggests Waste Less Food!..." Read more

"Great ideas for planning purchases, keeping within your food budget and wasting less! Nice book with nice pictures and bright colors!" Read more

"...in the kitchen (gourmet or he/she who never cooks) how to reduce everyday food waste, and save $$ while you are at it...." Read more

13 customers mention "Money saving"12 positive1 negative

Customers find the book helpful for saving money, with one mentioning it's a good purchase for young people.

"...However, the people I gifted the books to really love the money saving and food saving information." Read more

"...And for those just beginning their journey to Wasting Less, Saving more and doing better for our environment - this book is a MUST have." Read more

"...layout and so many awesome tools to keep your food better while saving money and staying organized!!!" Read more

"...Then just buy only missing ingredients. Saves money too." Read more

13 customers mention "Recipes"12 positive1 negative

Customers appreciate the recipes in the book, which include tasty options and tips for using up excess food, with one customer specifically mentioning how to preserve specific leftover fruits.

"...Full of tips and tricks (and great recipes)..." Read more

"...people I gifted the books to really love the money saving and food saving information." Read more

"Good recipes and information." Read more

"A simple guide to saving money on what you already buy. Great recipes, but I got more value out of the reference aspect - always easy to figure out..." Read more

6 customers mention "Ideas"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's ideas, with one mentioning it provides great guidance for planning purchases.

"...Lots of great ideas about getting every penny out of your food dollar -- and when it's wiser to throw something out...." Read more

"...It has many good ideas that will save you money and I especially liked the organizing tips for your refrigerator and freezer...." Read more

"Good book; lots of good ideas" Read more

"Great ideas for home!" Read more

5 customers mention "Awareness of waste"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's approach to waste awareness, with one mentioning it helps clean up kitchen habits, while another notes its non-judgmental tone.

"...The author's tone is encouraging and non-judgmental and she offers smart strategies for running a more efficient kitchen. Highly recommended." Read more

"...It definitely has me in a waste-free state of mind. Reminds me of how my grandparents used to live." Read more

"Gives a heightened awareness of waste and how to avoid.." Read more

"...It has helped me clean up my act in the kitchen and save money by not throwing away as much." Read more

5 customers mention "Storage capacity"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the storage capacity of the book, with one mentioning helpful organizing tips for the refrigerator and freezer.

"...awesome tools to keep your food better while saving money and staying organized!!!" Read more

"...I love the sections on how best to store produce, grains, both plant milk & egg substitutes, beans, nuts, & vegetarian proteins, oils, condiments &..." Read more

"...I love the Smarter Storage section - I never could figure out which items needed humidity and which ones didn't!..." Read more

"...will save you money and I especially liked the organizing tips for your refrigerator and freezer...." Read more

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    5.0 out of 5 stars I have great cooking tools
    Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2015
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    Before posting my review I read all the other reviews. What I found interesting were the negative reviews that focused on how much the reader already knew on this topic. It puzzles me why one would purchase a guide to a topic they already know all about.

    Now for my thoughts on the book: I am an experienced cook - no gourmet chef by any stretch but I can make food from scratch that people can/will actually eat. I have great cooking tools, a fabulous oven, bread maker, kitchen aid and so on. What I DON'T have is a grasp on how to maximize my food dollars and quit throwing away so much food. I've gone in spurts with making applesauce out of soft or soon to go bad apples, frozen almost dead bananas for muffins or smoothies and really tried to get past my aversion to leftovers! Nothing sticks and I needed a road map. This book provided me with what I needed - a food preservation compass.

    I like that this book is broken up into easy to digest chunks (pun intended). The mix of science, statistics and food tips was just right for me. Nothing was so cumbersome or long-winded that I had to put the book down. I love the Smarter Storage section - I never could figure out which items needed humidity and which ones didn't! Organizing the freezer is one task this household is NOT good at - Dana's tips are a great refresher on how to organize and why we should.

    I have a great dream of composting; although it has always seemed "too complicated" and I give up before I get started. Dana's simple approach (for all living styles) gives me hope that I can actually do this!

    This book has great tips to achieve what the title suggests Waste Less Food! While every person may not need every section of this book, I do believe this book contains a nugget for everyone, even for those "in the know". And for those just beginning their journey to Wasting Less, Saving more and doing better for our environment - this book is a MUST have.
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  • CE
    4.0 out of 5 stars I like this book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2017
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    I like this book, I think it's quite in depth, & I appreciate that the author admits that eating animals is not the good for the environment.

    I love the sections on how best to store produce, grains, both plant milk & egg substitutes, beans, nuts, & vegetarian proteins, oils, condiments & spices; as well as the pretty detailed composting section & the one on "canning" food in jars & blanching to freeze.

    A lot of good information, but I think it is lacking for me in a few ways:

    First, it does not include some more detailed information on how to store some plant based items.

    Second, if you are vegan or vegetarian, the waste free recipes for the most part / for me at least, are almost inapplicable. Sure, I could replace every animal option with a plant based one, but I do not always have on hand egg substitutes for more lunch/dinner type foods. I keep some for baking, but for example, a banana is not going to give you what you want for a frittata. And I'm not sure a flax egg would help there either. Not to mention that these veg options are either packaged in plastic or may require an entire DIY recipe.

    I already make banana nice cream, but I will definitely try her variation for banana sorbet, as I love both lime juice & agave & I may try a variation on her sneaky black bean brownies, as I've never found brown sugar without a plastic bag.

    Thirdly, this book recommends too many items packaged in plastic, which to me, is "waste" since I cannot recycle most plastic bags, & I do not want that in my food anyway.

    Overall, I do recommend this if you need some more help in the food waste area. An expert may already know most of what is in this book, but if you wanted some recipes, it may be helpful for that.
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  • Steven Gunders
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book. It really hits at the practical things ...
    Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016
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    This is an excellent book. It really hits at the practical things one can do to reduce food waste which is a major problem in the US. The material is very well presented and very useful. I thought I knew about food waste, but learned a great deal more after reading the book. The charts, recipes, methods to store and/or resuscitate food is something everyone should know, but I believe, don't know. For this reason alone the book is worth having on your kitchen shelf. Even those who believe they are knowledgable and "know all this" still will learn a lot from the book. I highly recommend it as a basic book for anyone that cooks and/or eats!
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  • egreen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great information on how to use or easily preserve specific ...
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
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    I've had this book for a year or two and refer to it constantly. Great information on how to use or easily preserve specific leftover fruits, vegetables, herbs, meats, milk etc.--especially little bits of things that can be used later. There's been an answer for virtually everything I've ever looked up. It's in a very easy-to-access, attractive and useful format with an excellent index so you can quickly find the exact food for which you want information. Book also includes recipes for using up excess food and lots of helpful information on how to avoid wasting food. Highly readable, although I use it primarily for reference.
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  • Dillon
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners but nothing profound here
    Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2015
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    A few other reviewers have said it but I wish I had listened. If you know your way around a kitchen there isn't any new information here. It's very basic information on meal planning and composting. Do you know how to ad-lib a soup? Or use extra veggies in a frittata? Or make stock? If yes, this isn't the book for you. I think it would be really helpful for someone just starting out but I was thinking it would help me fine tune.
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  • Debi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, Practical, Must Have Kitchen Handbook!!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2015
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    An insightful, practical and EASY read. Full of tips and tricks (and great recipes) that can teach anyone in the kitchen (gourmet or he/she who never cooks) how to reduce everyday food waste, and save $$ while you are at it. A must have... and a great gift. I just bought 10 of these for the holidays!! They just sold out. Hopefully Amazon will re-stock soon! Or ask at your local bookstore.
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  • Monica Alves de Carvalho
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2016
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    Very useful tips on how to reduce food waste
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the time and money! Keep as a reference to the future of waste-free living.
    Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2017
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    This book had some ideas that were new to me. Every new idea brings me closer to a waste-free home in general, so I appreciate Dana Gunders' advice. The book was well worth buying and reading. It was very practical and down to earth, but most importantly, fairly easy to accomplish.
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  • etheldreda
    4.0 out of 5 stars helpful info
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2015
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    A rather small book for the price but contains useful information.
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  • Norman Shier
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on October 25, 2015
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    Has some quality tips
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