The Only Beginner Freeze Drying Book You'll Ever Need: Learn the Simple Process to Create Food Storage for Your Survival Pantry and Discover Easy Recipes Your Family Will Love

I bout this for my adult son for his birthday. He purchased a commercial size Freeze Dryer and has been experimenting with it for a few months, so not a beginner. He's discovered some really great recipe, but also has had a few Big flops, that cost him a lot of cleaning time and money he invested into the ingredients. This book is Great because, it takes a lot of the guessing out of the game. It tells what products freeze well, which don't, how to guides and some really Awesome looking recipes. All included in this beautifully color printed book! I've never spent this much on a book before, but now I see it was worth every penny! My 36 year old son was Delighted when he opened this gift for his birthday! I highly recommend this to anyone who would like to learn how to freeze dry goods and avoid some Hugh Headaches along the way!

A really good book to have if one does not know much about freeze drying foods. Lots of great information for any one to read and remember. Well worth the cost.

Definitely well worth it! Some things are sliiightly out of date but the manual that comes with your harvest rite will fill the gaps fine. The tips and recipes are handy!

I have been interested in freeze drying ingredients for specialty desserts but was daunted by the labyrinthine searches I made all over the Internet looking for advice. After a lot of research I wasn’t even sure I wanted to move forward, especially since I already have years of experience in basic dehydration, but a friend recommended this book and it is a godsend! Everything I could want to know is here, written in a fun, easy-to-understand way, plus I learned so much! At first, it seems to be written more for homesteaders and people who want to live off the grid (I live downtown in a big city in a restored historic home, so that’s not my goal at all), but it turns out that the book is written for EVERYONE who is interested in freeze drying. And even though I started out thinking I’d use it to take my desserts (for gourmet chocolates and sweets for the Japanese tea ceremony), I’m inspired now to use it for many other things.The book is full of fascinating information, from the history of freeze drying to how to use it to lower food waste and your carbon footprint. Also, my mind is completely blown by the fact that I can freeze-dry certain foods and expect them to remain fresh and nutritious for decades. DECADES!! Again…mind blown.So, I got this book to see if it was a fit for me for very specific needs and ended up being totally inspired to expand my whole way of thinking about it. I’m still excited to start using it for amazing chocolates and tea sweets, but now I’m also excited to experiment with preserving stuff I get from the local CSA, my garden, and bulk sales. And the idea of freeze-drying cultures for things like sourdough starters has me sooooo excited! Who knew? And travel will never be the same again! This book is so much more than a how-to guide. It will inspire you to really broaden your horizons in so many ways.

I've enjoyed using this book; it is replete with good information for the beginner. I'm using a Blue Alpine freeze dryer, not a Harvest Right, which is what the authors are using as their reference point, but it's easy enough to apply their instructions and get similar results. They talk about the weight of the trays, which I guess must be a setting for the Harvest Right, but that's not something I've taken into consideration and it hasn't seemed to matter.Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't see anywhere what size freeze dryer the recipe quantities are for. But I found that if I halved the ingredient amounts, that seemed to work pretty well for the size of my trays in the medium freeze dryer.The recipes are great; I've only used a few but want to try more. The only quibble so far is the recipe for the Pumpkin Pie Drops. It calls for maple syrup, which I found caused the mixture to separate before I could pipe all the drops onto the tray. I'm thinking next time I'll use maple sugar instead. That might also help to reduce the drying time slightly.But overall, I appreciate how detailed the book is, and would recommend it to anyone who's a newbie to freeze drying.

Easy to understand

This book is excellent for a new owner of a freeze dryer. It walks you through so many things about freeze drying, storage and rehydrating and reconstitution. It is a must have book. I have underlined and made notes in this book.

Love it! Answers a lot of my questions. Would love to see more meal suggestions.