Baking soda gets its due in this fun collection gathered by Vicki Lansky and her readers over more than twenty years. From making an omelette extra fluffy or deodorizing those musty household smells, to improving flossing and mouth freshness or washing clay flower pots without leaving residue, the book offers hundreds of tips for making the most of this environmentally friendly and inexpensive product.
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This is not simply a useful and informative book about the innumerable uses for good old baking soda, saving tons of money, and in the process not harming the environment. It is also entertaining and sometimes downright funny--it would be a great gift for anyone, including yourself. I expect that Vicki Lansky had a blast putting this book together, and her enthusiasm is evident in the text.
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You might wearily expect that a book with a title like this one is just another Hints from Heloise clone (which is not necessarily a bad thing), but in this case it's far better than that. For, besides an incredible accumulation of recipes and other uses for baking soda, this book contains an entertaining history of the baking soda industry and the story of how and why this wonderful substance came to be invented. Baking soda, Lansky says, is a wildly successful instance of a product developed to fill one specific need (i.e., "for an affordable, clean, consistent leavening agent") being found to have myriad other uses. Charming as this background is, the promised 500-plus uses of baking soda constitute the book's raison d'etre. Lansky easily fulfills the promise without resorting to list extenders of any kind, in the end producing a thoroughly enjoyable, useful little volume. Mike Tribby
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By ms anderson
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The multiple ways of using baking soda are admirably set out in this small book that I have had on my own shelf for many years, well used indeed. So this year I thought I'd give my friends a treat by sending them copies that I know they will find useful in the most amazing ways: not only can it help in cleaning up the kitchen and bathroom, for every kind of stain, for laundry, carpets, in cooking and cutting boards--it is also there to assist with battery corrosion, burned pans, dentures, pet teeth, odors, windows and zits, and in many other ways.
Indeed this little gem of a book is a must on everyone's shelf.
Indeed this little gem of a book is a must on everyone's shelf.
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I`ve used baking soda for years to boost laundry detergent,as a dental rinse to neutralize plaque acids,and as an environmentally-friendly toilet bowl cleaner along with pumice stone.The uses of baking soda are virtually endless,and you`ll find many suggestions in this book.My sister is bulimic,and even she uses baking soda to protect her teeth when she throws up!The baking soda neutralizes the stomach acid residue in her mouth.Also helps soothe her esophagus and throat.
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Written by Vicki Lansky (a contributing editor to "Family Circle" magazine), Baking Soda: Over 500 Fabulous, Fun & Frugal Uses You've Probably Never Thought Of is a handy householder's tip guide filled from cover to cover with useful applications for baking soda. Ranging from cooking tips, to kitchen care and cleaning, to personal hygiene, doing laundry, and so much more, Baking Soda is enthusiastically recommended as a practical, informative, "user friendly" and money-saving compilation of household suggestions.
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Baking Soda in Bulk
My grandmother buys baking soda in bulk and loves using it, so I bought this book for her one Christmas. Read more
Published on Dec 30 2003 by E. Rey
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The wonders of Baking Soda
I never really used baking soda, until I've read how every day things could be harmful, from soap to household cleaners. Read more
Published on Oct 22 2001
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most useful household book ever!
This book gives fabulous tips on cleaning with baking soda! I must reference this book weekly. It is exciting to use these tips - they're cost efficient and inexpensive. Read more
Published on Mar 5 2000 by Cyndi Scher
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The combination of tips and recipes has saved me a fortune!
I absolutely loved this book! I am searching for ways to live frugally while also saving time and this book offers many, many useful tips on ways to use Baking Soda for products I... Read more
Published on Feb 16 1999
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