Featured: Minimizing Food Waste
There are many ways to contribute to a zero-waste community -- and a good place to start is your own kitchen! Check out these books and other resources about cooking with food scraps, food preservation, and limiting waste in your home. This list was made for Food Waste Action Week (March 17-21, 2025) in partnership with the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District.


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Hope Matters
Why Changing the Way We Think Is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis
Waste Not
Recipes and Tips for Full-use Cooking From America's Best Chefs
Perfectly Good Food
a Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking
Waste-free Kitchen Handbook
a Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money by Wasting Less Food
Secrets of Great Second Meals
Flexible Modern Recipes That Value Time and Limit Waste
Cooking Scrappy
100 Recipes to Help You Stop Wasting Food, Save Money, and Love What You Eat
The Zero-waste Chef
Plant-forward Recipes and Tips for a Sustainable Kitchen and Planet
Cooking With Scraps
Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems Into Delicious Meals
Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning
Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation
Weck Small-batch Preserving
Year-round Recipes for Canning, Fermenting, Pickling, and More
Foolproof Preserving
a Guide to Small Batch Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Condiments, and More
Mastering Fermentation
75+ Homemade Recipes for Sustainable Living
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