How do you make cheese from pantry staples? Or create an oven smoker from scratch in just two minutes? Or make ice cream without a machine? In Home Made, Yvette van Boven shows you how, complete with an irreverent voice, step-by-step photos and illustrations, and a gorgeous photo alongside every recipe. While her recipes are rooted in a natural, from-scratch cooking philosophy, van Boven is never preachy (she doesn�t use the word �organic�); she believes that this way of cooking is fun and that the dishes simply taste better. Chapters include Preserving Vegetables, Pre-Dinner Drinks, Chocolate and Cookies, After a Night Out, Ice-Cream-You-Scream, Don�t Forget the Dog!, and more. Each chapter starts with a basic dish that you can make yourself, but usually don�t because you think it�s too complicated (think again!), and includes variations�basic bread becomes focaccia with olives and rosemary, or red cherry and thyme bread. This book will inspire you to make every dish at home.Praise for Home Made �You�ll want to eat everything in this book!� �PEOPLE Style WatchThe Year�s 10 Best Cookbooks �Details, September 2011 �This massive, gorgeously photographed, and illustrated tome filled with Dutch/French/Italian-inspired recipes and tutorials is much more than a cookbook; it�s a series of adventures for the culinarily inclined.� �Bust magazine �Elegant photography by Oof Verschuren and clever page design make Home Made a delight to read, an invitation to explore, and, ultimately, a guide to appreciating the process as much as the product.� �Shelf Awareness �Van Boven co-owns Aan de Amstel caf� in Amsterdam, which serves unpretentious food and warm hospitality. She�s also a writer, food stylist, designer, and illustrator�all talents put to good use in her beautiful new collection of rustic, globally inspired recipes.� �Bon Appetit.com �The recipes are incredibly different in a wonderful way.� �Linda Cicero, Miami Herald �The vivid, beautifully composed photos will draw both budding and seasoned cooks to the kitchen.� �Detroit Metro Times �[Yvette van Boven] is fearless in the kitchen, taking on everything from cheesemaking to preserving, infusing, and all sorts of other projects that are sure to expand your culinary horizons. . . . The recipes in Home Made are lovingly hand-lettered and illustrated by van Boven with pen and ink drawings and intricate paper cuttings including some pretty adorable talking lemons and anthropomorphized Swiss chard.� �Serious Eats �Author Yvette van Boven�s practical predinner drink recipes, preserving tips, and dessert menus jump to life with help from bold food photos and snapshots straight out of her kitchen.� - Daily Candy