book reviews
If you’ve ever tried to bake at high altitude, you know you can have problems. Mimi Council and Kimmy Fasani own and operate the Dessert’D Organic Bake Shop in Mammoth Lakes, altitude 8,000 feet. They created TheMountain Baker: 100 High-Altitude Recipes for Every Occasion In the children’s book WhenGrandmaGives You a Lemon Tree , a young girl is disappointed when her grandmother gives her a lemon tree for her birthday. The girl soon realizes she gets to spend quality time with her grandmother learning about the tree. Written by teacher Jamie L.B. Deenihan and illustrated by Bay Area artist Lorraine Rocha. Lemonade recipe included. Hardcover fromSterling Children’s Books. $16.95.
Millions of people became gardeners in 2020 because of the pandemic. In The First-TimeGardener: Growing Vegetables , homesteader Jessica Sowards, host of YouTube’s “Roots and Refuge Farm,” helps beginners get started. She offers tips onwhere to place a garden, what to plant andmore. Paperback fromCool Springs Press. $26.99.
to help navigate baking above 5,000 feet. The
recipes—from fluffy cakes to flaky pies—can also be made at sea level. Hardcover from Countryman Press. $28.
Jennifer Jewell hosts “Cultivating Place,” a Chico-based public radio show and podcast on gardening. In The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants , she profiles a diverse group of women who work in the fields of farming, botany, landscape architecture and more. Hardcover from Timber Press. $35.
Visitors have been going to Big Trees Grove, now part of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, since the 19th century. Deborah Osterberg, who lives in Santa Cruz, traces the history of preserving redwood forests for public recreation in Historic Tales of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Paperback fromThe History Press. $21.99.
California Bountiful’s Book Reviews highlight books related to rural living and California agriculture. To suggest a book, email cbmagazine@californiabountiful.com.
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