{"product_id":"honey-by-fleetwood-jenni-9780754818595","title":"Honey","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoney\u003c\/em\u003e was the first sweetener, predating sugar by hundreds of years. But, as well as its noted culinary uses, honey has been a long-valued ingredient in folk remedies, beauty treatments, and household chores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new book explores honey's unique medicinal properties— it is effective for healing wounds and burns, for soothing pain, for digestion, and as an antiseptic and anti-ulcer agent, an anti-fungal treatment, and a sleep-inducing aid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoney is also a wonderfully nutritious and scented ingredient in beauty preparations, many of which you can make at home in the form of soaps, scrubs, face packs, and moisturising creams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd last but not least, it is, of course, a hugely popular culinary ingredient and preservative, adding distinctive flavour as well as sweetness to cakes, pastries, cookies, jams and chutneys, marinades and dressings, and sweet and savoury sauces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis irresistible volume explores all the many properties and uses of honey in the home. Combining history, a guide to the different types, recipes, household uses, medicinal preparations, and beauty treatments, it demonstrates the amazing versatility of honey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated with 200 colour photographs and artworks, this is a delightful sourcebook of ideas you will turn to time and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Reed Book Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67709014212844,"sku":"9780754818595","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780754818595-honey-1.jpg?v=1791842385","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/honey-by-fleetwood-jenni-9780754818595","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}