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What is home? Is it (as Wikipedia says) a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property, complete because it contains sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food? Is it (as far too many holiday songs croon) the place we go to for Christmas? Is it the building in which a handful of people who happen to be related sleep and eat, only to scatter to the four winds when the morning comes?

Home certainly includes a building (for at the very least it must provide shelter of some sort to its inhabitants), whether yours is a mansion with a three car garage or in a suburb looking remarkably similar to all the others on the street; whether it is down a rocky country driveway with no others in sight or in the middle of an apartment building in the middle of a city. Home will involve walls and roofs and pipes which must be maintained and repaired. This physical structure will also feel more “home-like” when it is decorated to reflect the personalities of the people who reside in it. Cooking, organization, and money will all be concerns in the running and managing of this place called “home.”

But could home be more than just a building? Could it be a culture, a mini society, one that shapes the people in it so that they can go out and shape the world? Could it be a haven in which those people rest and rejuvenate their spirits? Could they invite others into this haven, thus extending that peace beyond the walls of the building that holds this “home”?

Home is a place in which people live: their lives are shaped in the walls that make up their home. Their habits are formed by the way in which routines are lived out; their personalities are fashioned by the decorations adorning each room; and their characters are established so that they will face the world either with joy, peace and confidence or with resentment, irritation and insecurity. Home is where the transformation of the world begins.

C. S. Lewis said: “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only—and that is to support the ultimate career.” Our culture wants us to forget that, to think of the home as a boring place and to think of homemaking as a degrading way to spend a life. Consumerism, commercialism, and careerism all breed dissatisfaction with the home. As Christians we should reject that and make our homes into places of contentment, love and service from which the inhabitants can go out to conquer the world.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

 

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"I Don't Know How to Cook" Book
by Mary-Lane Kamberg
2nd edition from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
1,000 Vegan Recipes
by Robin Robertson
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains
by Andrea Chesman
from Plume Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
4-Hour Chef
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$12.80 (1 in stock)
660 Curries
by Raghavan Iyer
from Workman Publishing
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
All About Roasting
by Molly Stevens
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
All New All Purpose Joy of Cooking
by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker
from Scribner
for Adult
in American Cooking (Location: COOK-US)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
All-American Low-Fat Meals in Minutes
by M. J. Smith
from DCI Publishing
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen
by Alton Brown
from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
America's Test Kitchen Comfort Food Makeovers
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
American Grub
by Lynn Kuntz and Jan Fleming, Illustrated by Mark A. Hicks
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
from Harper Perennial
for 9th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
from Harper Perennial
for 9th-Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
Ann O'Day's Little Treasure of Homemaking Helpers
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
Anne of Green Gables Cookbook
by Kate Macdonald, illustrated by Barbara Di Lella
from Oxford University
for 4th-10th grade
in Literary Cookbooks (Location: COOK-LIT)
Appetite for Reduction
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
from Da Capo Press
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Appetizers, Finger Food, Buffets, and Parties
by Bridget Jones
from Hermes House
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Art of Chinese Cuisine
by Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin
from Tuttle Publishing
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Art of Low-Calorie Cooking
by Sally Schneider
from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Art of Making Wine
by Stanley F. Anderson with Raymond Hull
from E.P. Dutton & Co.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
At Home with Madhur Jaffrey
by Madhur Jaffrey
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Back to Basics
by Abigain Gehring
4th edition from Skyhorse Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Self-Sufficiency (Location: SS-Self)
$27.95
Bean by Bean
by Crescent Dragonwagon
from Workman Publishing
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Bean Gourmet Presents the Greatest Little Bean Cookbook
by Tom Chasuk
from Hearst Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Beat This! Cookbook
by Ann Hodgman
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Best Chicken Recipes
by Cook's Illustrated Editors
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Best International Recipe Cookbook
1st edition from America's Test Kitchen
for 9th-12th grade
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2007
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2009
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Best of Sunset Low-Fat Cookbook
by Sunset Books
from Sunset Publishing Corp.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Best Simple Recipes
by Cook's Illustrated
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Best-Loved Quick Fixes from Mixes
from Publications International
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Better Homes & Gardens Dessert Cook Book
1965 Printing from Meredith Press
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
Betty Crocker's Dinner for Two Cook Book
by Betty Crocker
First Edition, Second Printing from Golden Press
for 9th-Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Betty Crocker's Fix-It-Fast Family Favorites
by Betty Crocker
from General Mills
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Betty Crocker's Kitchen Gardens
by Mary Mason Campbell, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
from Universal Publishing Inc.
for 9th-Adult
in Literary Cookbooks (Location: COOK-LIT)
Betty Crocker's New Cookbook
by Betty Crocker
8th edition from Macmillan
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Biography of Tea
by Carrie Gleason
from Crabtree Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Bistro Cooking at Home
by Gordon Hamersley
from Broadway Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Bless This Food
by Julia M. Pitkin, George & Karen Grant
from Cumberland House
Cookbooks for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$18.36 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Blue Ribbon Cookbook
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Bread & Wine
by Shauna Niequist
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Bread, Bread, Bread
by Ann Morris
Reprint from HarperCollins
for Preschool-1st grade
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
Broccoli by Brody
by Lora Brody
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Building Her House
by Nancy Wilson
from Canon Press
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$12.00
Canon of Vegetables
by Raymond Sokolov
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Carefree Cook
by Rick Rodgers
from Broadway Books
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist
by Cat Cora
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Celebrating Biblical Feasts
by Martha Zimmerman
from Bethany House
for Adult
in Jewish Holidays & Traditions (Location: HOLIDAY)
$16.99
Celebration of Wellness
by James Levin and Natalie Cederquist
from GLO, Inc.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Centrality of the Home - CD
by Voddie Baucham
from Vision Forum
for Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
by John La Puma and Rebecca Powell Marx
from Crown Publishers
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Chef on a Shoestring
by Andrew Friedman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Choreganizers
by Jennifer Steward
2nd edition from Steward Ship
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Life Skills for Kids (Location: SS-LIFE)
Chris Carmichael's Food for Fitness
by Chris Carmichael
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Christian Homemaker's Handbook
by Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Pat Ennis
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
Christmas from the Heart of the Home
by Susan Branch
First Edition from Little, Brown & Company
for Adult
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Christmas with Mary Engelbreit: Here Comes Santa Claus
by Mary Engelbreit (illustrator), text by Vitta Poplar
from Oxmoor House
for Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Come to the Table
by Jamie Aramini
from My Father's World
for 2nd-5th grade
in My Father's World (Location: CUR-MFW)
Cook This Now
by Melissa Clark
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Cook's Canon
by Raymond Sokolov
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!
by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, illustrated by Janet Stevens
from Harcourt, Brace & Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Cooking Green
by Kate Heyhoe
from Da Capo Press
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$5.20 (1 in stock)
Cooking the RealAge Way
by Michael F. Roizen and John La Puma
from Collins
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen
by Kathleen Daeleman
from Houghton Mifflin
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Cooking Under Cover
from Chapters Publishing Ltd.
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Cooking Under Pressure
by Lorna J. Sass
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Cooking Vegetables
by Joanne Glynn
from Thunder Bay Press
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Cooking: 600 Recipes, 1500 Photographs, One Kitchen Education
by James Peterson
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
CookSmart
by Pam Anderson
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
CookWise
by Shirley O. Corriher
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
Country Suppers
by Ruth Cousineau, illustrated by Warren Kimble
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Couscous and Other Good Food From Morocco
by Paula Wolfert
from Quill
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Cover & Bake
from America's Test Kitchen
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Creative Counterpart
by Linda Dillow
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$10.00
Cuisine Economique
by Jacques Pepin
from William Morrow & Company
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cupcakes Galore
by Gail Wagman
from MQ Publications
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Curious Cook
by Harold McGee
from Collier Books
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread
by Crescent Dragonwagon
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
Deceptively Delicious
by Jessica Seinfeld
1st edition from HarperCollins
for All Ages
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$7.20 (2 in stock)
Discovering Wine
by Joanna Simon
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Culture of Food (Location: COOK-CUL)
$17.95
DK Kids' Fun & Healthy Cookbook
from DK Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Do I Dust or Vacuum First?
by Don Aslett
2nd edition from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Household Organization (Location: SS-HOM)
Drying Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
Dulce: Desserts in the Latin-American Tradition
by Joseluis Flores with Laura Zimmerman Maye, photos by Ben Fink
from Rizzoli New York
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Eat this Book
by Tyler Florence
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Eat Your Way Around the World
by Jamie Aramini
from Geography Matters
for 4th-8th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Eat Your Way Through the USA
by Loreé Pettit
from Geography Matters
for 4th-8th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less
by Mollie Katzen & Walter Willett
from Hyperion Press
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Eating Well is the Best Revenge
by Marian Burros
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee & Other Custard Desserts
by Debbie Puente
from Renaissance Books
for Adult
in Baking & Desserts (Location: COOK-BAK)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Elements of Cooking
by Michael Ruhlman
from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Encyclopedia of Flower Arranging
by Rona Coleman & Sylvia Pepper
from Wellfleet Press
for Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Essentials of Cooking
by James Peterson
from Artisan Publishers
for Adult
in Cooking Methods and Science of Food (Location: COOK-SCI)
$4.40 (1 in stock)
Everybody's Wokking
by Martin Yan
from Harlow & Ratner
for Adult
in International & Ethnic Cooking (Location: COOK-ETH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Everyday Happy Herbivore
by Lindsay S. Nixon
from BenBella Books
for Adult
in Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking (Location: COOK-VEG)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Everything Glycemic Index Cookbook
by Nancy T. Maar
from Adams Media Corp.
for Adult
in Healthy Cooking and Diet (Location: COOK-HEA)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Express Lane Meals
by Rachael Ray
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Adult
in Quick and Easy Cooking (Location: COOK-EASY)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Extraordinary Meals from Ordinary Ingredients
by Reader's Digest
from Reader's Digest
for Adult
in Miscellaneous Cookbooks (Location: COOK-MIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
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