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• Fronty, Laura

In this exquisitely illustrated book, Laura Fronty draws on her own grandmother's life in Provence in both the home and the garden, providing helpful French secrets and natural solutions for decorating and maintaining the house and for achieving a beautiful garden; from preserving fruits to arranging fresh flowers to waxing floors to cleaning delicate fabrics with ivy water to homemade lemon and clove shampoo, these recipes are simple and natural yet refined and sophisticated. The emphasis of these traditional recipes is on curing domestic concerns and in finding satisfaction in finishing even the most mundane of household tasks to carry us to the well-being of a different era.