Excerpts from Wild Rice Cooking
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History, Natural History, Harvesting, and Lore, with 80 Recipes
2001 Minnesota Book Award
The Lyons Press, 2000,
pb 2004
Chapter One
Manoominike-giizis: Wild Rice Moon
From the prehistoric times of about one thousand years ago to the historic times of
approximately four hundred years ago, the Woodland Cultures (Laurel People) of the western
Great Lakes area of North America were settled on the shores of the lakes and rivers of
land that includes what is now known as northern Minnesota.
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In this witty and informative little book ... (Hauser) tells us everything we never wanted to know about poison ivy and its noxious cousins, including relevant science, mythology, prevention, and treat-ment. "The person who wants to be spared two weeks of scratching as payment for a weekend in the country should not only count leaflets but learn to recognize leaf and plant shapes as well," Hauser notes. "In its usual perverse way, nature does not make this easy." Thankfully, applying scholarship and common sense, Hauser does. A worthwhile companion on your next trek into the woods.
The Lyons Press, 2001
Paperback, 224 pages
Here is a
complete handbook for the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and other ailments
caused by ticks, scorpions, spiders, and mites.
Ticks are the most feared of all eight-legged pests because they carry the debilitating
Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Both diseases can cause permanent damage to
the infected, and early detection is difficult. OUTWITTING TICKS will, among other things,
help you:
* Identify the species of poisonous ticks, spiders, and mites in your area... read
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Excerpts from You Can Write a Memoir
Writers Digest Books, 2001
Susan Carol Hauser passionately encourages you to reclaim the precious moments of your personal history and tranform them into an intimate, compelling narrative. Using inspired samples from her own work, she provides you with tactics to find and convey meaning in both your own life and the lives of those around you.
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Sugaring: A Maple Syrup Memoir, with Instructions
The Lyons Press, 1997, pb 2005
Hard Cover, 112 pages
Sugaring: A Maple Syrup Memoir,
with Instructions (previously Sugartime)
The Lyons Press 1997, pb 2005
ISBN 1592283772
$14.95
In this meditative celebration ... Hauser reflects on Native American traditions and on the process she herself uses when making maple syrup in northern Minnesota. In what is as much a practical guide as a personal essay, Hauser writes with beauty and simplicity about the joys of collecting the sap as soon as it begins to flow, and of what she has learned over the years about cooking it down into syrup. She also observes and celebrates the return of bald eagles, the slow transition from winter to spring, and the stately forests surrounding her home, at the same time offering a handful of recipes featuring maple sugar. Her lyrical ode describes in brief various types of maple trees, recommending the best ones to employ for sugaring.
Papier-Mache Press, 1996
Hard Cover, 53 pages
The 50th birthday, in the view of Hauser, is "especially poignant because it is the first decade marker that offers no comfort when we double it." Her own arrival at that marker is charted in this collection of 13 reflective essays, one for each cycle of the moon, in which she journeys toward appreciation of age and aging, celebrating life's cycles and, she hopes, arriving at acceptance and un-derstanding of self. These graceful meditations are dotted with wry humor and complemented by the delicate art of California-based Barbara Van Arnam.
Publishers Weekly
Astarte Shell Press, 1992
Paperback, 150 pages
Essays, memoir and poetry.
Excerpts from Which Way to Look
Loonfeather
Press, 1992
Paperback; 120 pages
Essays.
Excerpts from Meant to Be Read Outloud
Loonfeather Press, 1988
paper; 102 pages
Essays; Minnesota Book Award recipient.