Books published by Blue Hills Press

The Art of Kumiko is a step-by-step guide to creating a classic Japanese craft in the modern workshop with only minimal tools.

Vic Tesolin's Projects from the Minimailist Woodworker teaches the basics of furniture making using step-by-step photos detailing the process of building handsome projects any woodworker will be proud to create.A follow-up to Vic's much-lauded first book, The Minimalist Woodworker, this book is a celebration of the small tool set needed to create beautiful work and and expansion of the techniques and skills learned in that first book. Like a seasoned woodworker lending a helping hand in the workshop, Vic Tesolin, aka "The Minimalist Woodworker," is a master at demystifying the craft of woodworking so that anyone with any skill level can dive in and do good work. With Projects from the Minimalist Woodworker and even a modest toolset, anyone can develop their skill and enjoy unlimited hours in their shop.You'll learn to build a variely to pieces including a handsome dovetailed box, a wall cabinet, a storage chest, and handy shop projects like a handplane and a marking knife.

Key Selling Points:¿ Due to the surge of those working at home, especially in the wake of Covid-19, hands-on crafts like woodworking are on-the rise. ¿ The move toward a more simple lifestyle and a focus on self-reliance has spurned interest in hands-on crafts. ¿ Requiring only a few handtools, bowl carving makes woodworking affordable to a broad audience. ¿ No book has ever detailed the process of bowlcarving in this amount of detail. ¿ Woodworking blogs are rising in popularity as younger, less-serious woodworkers and makers promote the pleasures of woodworking and the community. Audience¿ Hobbyist woodworkers ¿ Homeschoolers ¿ Parents of children learning virtually¿ Hands-on makers and crafters¿ Educators, teachers, and instructors

- The author, a trained holistic chef from the National Gourmet Institute in NYC, is on the cutting edge, along Gwyneth Paltrow and Jamie Oliver, of the healthy, fresh, and flavorful home-cooking movement. - The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook is based on the idea of clean eating so you don't have to choose one type of diet; it's about a balanced, healthy, and clean eating approach. Even small changes to your diet will make you feel great. - With helpful menus, shopping lists with easy to find items, and quick, delicious recipes, The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook provides a bridge for people who still think healthy food represents hard-to-find ingredients, labor-intensive preparation, and tasteless meals. - Healthy home-cooked meals are the cornerstone for connecting with family, and friends. - No diet, no dogma, just good food for a healthier, happier life. Audience:- Cooking enthusiasts. - Anyone seeking add a healthy approach to their eating/cooking habits but don?t want to be tied to a specific diet.- Home cooks looking for tasty, healthy meals for their family.- Young, busy professionals wanting to eat healthier but don?t have a lot of time.

Featuring recipes drawn from familiar classic dishes and new favorites, Laura Leäs new book, Simply Laura Lea, offers delicious home-cooked food without sacrificing healthy eating.In Simply Laura Lea the author of The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook and creator of LLBalanced.com offers a collection of over 130 delicious, balanced, and healthy recipes based on the food she eats every day. Unlike diets that prescribe food restrictions that are neither attainable nor desirable on a long-terms basis, Laura Lea promotes an attainable approach to cooking and eating healthy for life. All of the recipes collected here follow the LL Balanced Approach to Food:Focus on whole, fresh foods that make you feel great.Ditch any preconceived idea of what you should eat, and list to your body; it is your best wellness guru.Indulge in moderation, and occasionally, not in moderation!Have fun and don¿t take yourself, or your food, too seriously. Enjoy food in a relaxed atmosphere and in the company of dear ones.Above all, practice self-love and patience in the kitchen. It will translate to the rest of your life.In Simply Laura Lea, you¿ll find familiar dishes that can be cooked in 30 minutes or less. And with ingredient lists comprised of a limited number of easy-to-find items, recipes are approachable and easy-to-follow for new or seasoned home cooks. As Laura Lea likes to say: "No diet, no dogma, just great healthy food."

Introduce children to the craft of woodworking and watch their executive function skills thrive.The Guide to Woodworking with Kids is a culmination of craftsman Doug Stowe¿s four-decade career in woodworking and nearly twenty years of working with students K-12 in his Wisdom of the Hands woodworking class at the Clear Spring School in his hometown of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This comprehensive guide offers step by step instruction for teachers, parents and grandparents to offer safe woodworking opportunities to their students and kiddos as a way of developing a wide range of valuable life-skills. Based in part on the philosophies of Froebel¿s Kindergarten and Educational Sloyd, this book illustrates the importance of doing real, hands-on activities in school and at home that enable students to:Think things through for themselvesDevelop skill, originality and inventivenessExplore their own self-interestsPlan, organize and execute meaningful workPrepare to profitably employ leisure timeBe handy and resourcefulDevelop both character and intellectCreate useful beauty to benefit family, community and selfThe Guide to Woodworking with Kids is more than a woodworking book, it¿s gives parents, grandparents and teachers the confidence, encouragement, and the insight needed to safely engage children in life-enhancing creative arts.