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Nora's Ways
Three practical guides from Nora

The old ways of a Mayo kitchenfor your American home.

Warm rooms for winter, honest recipes for two and thrifty habits that last. Start with Nora's free two-page Winter Checklist, then choose the book that fits your house.

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Meet Nora

She brought Mayo's habits across the Atlantic.

In our house we always lived in one warm room, wrote the list first and wasted nothing.

Nora grew up just outside Westport in County Mayo. She has spent her married life in the Boston area, in a busy house with a kettle always on.

These guides hold the habits she kept: heat the room you live in, cook what the pantry gives you and mind every dollar. Brisk, kind and written down, the way she'd tell you across the table.

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The Nora’s Ways Cottage Collection

Three books. One for every room of the house.

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The Nora’s Ways Cottage Collection
Nora's Ways
The Hearth Handbook
Winter comfort, safer routines and a plan for when the lights go out
US Edition
Book one

The Hearth Handbook

An Tinteán · the hearth

A practical, printable plan for your winter room: hunting drafts, sleeping warm and getting through a power outage.

49 pagesWorksheets in every chapterFridge checklist
  • Your winter room: choose one and set it up
  • The draft hunt, room by room
  • The warm bed and warm layers
  • The power outage plan
  • Keeping damp away
  • The hearth principle, from old Irish homes
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Nora's Ways
The Pantry List & Recipe Book
Recipes for two, from a well-kept pantry
US Edition
Book two

The Pantry List & Recipe Book

Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras. Hunger is the best sauce.

Nora's pantry list, then 150 traditional dishes written fresh in her words. Every recipe serves two and halves easily.

185+ pages150 recipesUS cups and °F
  • The pantry list, with storage notes
  • 28 breakfasts
  • 55 one-pot meals
  • 37 cheap meals
  • 30 breads, bakes and sweet things
  • 40 kitchen tricks
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The Household Thrift Book
Saving, mending and wasting less
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Book three

The Household Thrift Book

Mind the pennies and the pounds will mind themselves.

The habits behind a well-run house: lower grocery bills, less waste, household tricks and where to turn for help.

About 90 pagesSix worksheets"My thrift plan"
  • Nora's thrift habits
  • Saving on groceries
  • Wasting less food
  • Household tricks, one job per page
  • Second-hand, swaps and making do
  • Scams to spot and people to call
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A look inside

One idea to a page. Made to print and use.

Clear headlines, short paragraphs, rust bullets and a worksheet at the end of each chapter. The way a school office keeps things in order.

Page from the Hearth Handbook: The warmth we’re aiming for
Hearth HandbookThe warmth we’re aiming for
Page from the Hearth Handbook: A hot-water bottle, filled with care
Hearth HandbookA hot-water bottle, filled with care
Page from the Hearth Handbook: Gather into your winter room
Hearth HandbookGather into your winter room
Page from the Hearth Handbook: The winter checklist
Hearth HandbookThe winter checklist
Page from the Pantry & Recipe Book: A full cupboard makes supper easy
Pantry & Recipe BookA full cupboard makes supper easy
Page from the Pantry & Recipe Book: Saturday Night Coddle
Pantry & Recipe BookSaturday Night Coddle
Page from the Pantry & Recipe Book: Spotted Dog
Pantry & Recipe BookSpotted Dog
Page from the Pantry & Recipe Book: Rhubarb Crumble
Pantry & Recipe BookRhubarb Crumble
Page from the Thrift Book: Sew a button back on
Thrift BookSew a button back on
Page from the Thrift Book: Lift a fresh spot before it sets
Thrift BookLift a fresh spot before it sets
Page from the Thrift Book: Hang up, look up the number
Thrift BookHang up, look up the number
Page from the Thrift Book: The numbers worth keeping
Thrift BookThe numbers worth keeping

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Why you can trust it

Every safety rule is checked and sourced.

Safety rules and figures come from US government sources. Each one is listed with its link at the back of the book. The Irish history draws on the National Museum of Ireland and Irish heritage sources.

Nora also warns you off popular tricks that aren't safe, like candle and flowerpot heaters, and tells you why.

NIANational Institute on Aging
CDCCarbon monoxide and cold guidance
CPSCConsumer Product Safety Commission
USFAU.S. Fire Administration
ENERGY STARDraft sealing and home energy
USDASafe food temperatures
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Questions

Before you decide.

What format are the books?

Each book is a downloadable eBook. Read it on a phone, tablet or computer, or print the pages you want.

How do I get them?

Your download link arrives by email straight after checkout.

Do I need to buy all three?

No. Each book stands on its own for $25. The bundle is $55 for all three.

Are the recipes written for American kitchens?

Yes. Measurements are in US cups, ounces and °F, and every recipe serves two.

What about the free checklist?

It's Nora's two-page Winter Checklist from the Hearth Handbook. It's yours whether or not you buy.

What if it isn't for me?

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These books offer general household information. For advice about your own home, health or heating equipment, ask a heating technician, your landlord or your clinician.

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