hEdition dedicated to the kitchen

hEdition dedicated to the kitchen

The editors of Cottage Living have dedicated September’s edition to that room in your home where you cook, entertain and even (insert your favorite weird kitchen activity here).

Featuring the 25 best kitchens in five styles chosen by the editors, Cottage Kitchens includes high-style ideas for creating all kinds of looks from all-white to vintage to modern and more. Editors share their thoughts on “what makes it cottage” and “what makes it cook” for each style.

Cost is $9.99 on newsstands.

Help with garden pests

That creepy-crawler inching across your lettuce leaves — is it a friend or a foe?

Jessica Walliser can help you find the answer in “Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who’s Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically.”

Walliser, a garden writer and co-host of the Pittsburgh radio show “The Organic Gardeners,” profiles 24 common garden pests and 14 beneficial insects in the book.

Photos and descriptions help readers make an identification, and Walliser provides suggestions for either controlling organically or attracting them.

The spiral-bound book is published by St. Lynn’s Press and sells for $16.95.

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