The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book

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Summary: Best $ I Ever Spent
Review: Simply the most informative book I have every seen. Everything from livestock, poultry, vegetables, fruit, grains, it's all in here. Detailed information on selecting, growing, problems & diseases, recipies. Everyone should have this book!

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Summary: My ninth grader could write a better book.
Review: The author takes up way too much space in this book, and there's way too much fluff. This must be her first book

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Summary: Top Notch
Review: I have many self reliant books, but none as complete as this one. Covers some subjects not found in other books. Even gives additional sources list on subjects should you wish to delve deeper into that subject. Would be a bargain at double the price.

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Summary: Excellent information, consise & easy to understand!
Review: many years ago a friend lent me a copy of her book. I loved the book so much that I ordered my own copy and her the newest edition. This book is excellent for the layperson who wants to know how to do anything from canning to buying land to making soap to easy toys for the kids. Its complete and definately a labor of love. When hard times hit my family financially in the early 1990's this book was a "Godsend", without it we would not have made it. Then a few years later when we started out all over again, this book gave us the inspiration and help we needed to survive on our homestead for 2 years without electricity and make it! By choosing to live that way we were able to pay off our farm and now are blessed! I highly recommend this book and cannot say enough about it. It should be on the top ten sellers list if you were to ask me.

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Summary: It's like being able to talk with my grandmother!
Review: Growing up in New England, we were quick to accept the "modern" life styles. I never had the opportunity to sit with my grandmother and gather all the valuable wisdom from her life - how to live a simple lifeclose to the land. How I could sustain my family off the land.In 1977, I purchased my first copy of this book. It has been greatly USED and ABUSED! The front cover has since fallen off, along with the first few pages. It is tattered. Notes have been scribbled in it. Pages are spattered with stains. And I would NOT trade it for anything. If my grandmother could have written me a book, covering ALL areas of daily life, I believe this is how she would have written it.When I get stumped by something, my husband says, "Well, what does Carla Emery say. She could tell you what to do." And he's right, she does."How to" - just about anything!I have recently purchased my second copy, as a spare in case one gets destroyed. I definetly wouldn't want to be without a copy when the year 1999 roles over. For my family's well being, I consider it a very crucial tool.

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Summary: Excellent for anyone that wants advice on primative living
Review: This is the best book I've found yet offering everything imaginable for "country living". I have used it many times for receipes from soap making to planting guides. Their candle making section is excellent.They have the most informative book that I've found yet covering a very broad spectrum without being too vague on any particular topic.

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Summary: The most comprehensive choice for self-reliant living!
Review: This book covers everything from gardening to cooking to takng care of your animals. She also has a section of encouragement at the beginning (actual testimonies) for those who are trying to get off-the-grid so to speak. It has very detailed information on the various breeds of livestock so you can make an educated purchase, as well as how to raise, butcher and cook them. Ms. Emery also has a very inclusive section on gardening and harvesting the various grasses and grains and vegetables. The recipes include soap making as well as tasty dishes from your pantry. An excellent all around choice!

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Summary: There's no book like it!
Review: I have an older version,'70's ((currently looking for an updated copy)and have always asked "Carla" when I need to know something from milking goats to making snow ice cream. She was the ONLY one who knew what snow ice cream was. We are getting ready to move to Guatemala and "back to the land" and Carla absolutely has to go with me!!

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Summary: The way to step back in time in memory as well in actuality.
Review: I am a friend of Carla's but have lost touch with her over the years. I was a pen pal for many years and finally in 1992 I got to meet Carla at the North Fork Barter Faire. She was working on this edition and adding some first hand stories from the mountain people who were venders at the Faire. Carla if you read this, know that you are loved and it sure is good to have another edition out. love you girl tannis

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Summary: A necessity for the year 2000+
Review: I bought this book years ago when it was first published. I learned all the lost arts my grandmother lived by. Now that we face uncertain times with the new millenium, I'm buying this book for family members who may need to know how to survive if our government fails to protect us.