The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook Review

I bought this book at the same time that I purchased my first bread machine (a Sunbeam 5891). Many reviewers sang the praises of Beth Hensberger's book, and I was excited at getting started with baking bread at home. I was looking to lose weight and eat healthier whole-grain bread with most of my meals.

Bread machines have absolutely lived up to everything that I hoped; in fact, I've moved on to a better machine. This book, on the other hand, was a disappointment. Three stars is the most that I can give. I am amazed at the number of 5-star ratings that the book received.

While the book does indeed provide a large number of recipes, only 28 use whole-grain flour, and in some of these the whole-grain flour is less than half of the total flour -- sometimes much less.

But the worst problem is that the vast majority of recipes in the book contain the dreaded words, "This recipe is not suitable for use with the Delay Timer." In other words, it contains ingredients that cannot safely sit at room temperature for hours before the baking cycle begins. This means you cannot use these recipes for baking bread overnight, ready to wake you at breakfast. It also means that you cannot use them to bake during the day while you are at work, ready to be eaten hot with dinner. I can only conclude that the book is primarily intended for homemakers who will be home 3 - 4 hours after the cycle starts, ready to pull the hot bread out of the machine and let it cool. (While one could bake the bread immediately and leave it in the machine after baking, you would be risking having it dry out. I don't recommended it.)

I counted at least 214 recipes that said "This recipe is not suitable for use with the Delay Timer," or required the baker to pull out the dough and bake it in the over, or required the baker to interrupt the machine cycle some hours after starting and restart. None of these 214 recipes can be made overnight or while you are away at the office. In the Sweet Breads chapter, I did not seen *any* recipes that did not have these problems!

Yes, some of the recipes are quite tasty, and the machine does bake them well. But I am rarely able to make them given my busy schedule and tendency to be away from home on weekends.

If you believe, as I do, that the real glory of the bread machine is its crockpot-like ability to bake bread while you are *not* home, ready to be served upon your arrival, look elsewhere for your bread recipes.
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The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook Top Quality

I bought this book at the same time that I purchased my first bread machine (a Sunbeam 5891). Many reviewers sang the praises of Beth Hensberger's book, and I was excited at getting started with baking bread at home. I was looking to lose weight and eat healthier whole-grain bread with most of my meals.

Bread machines have absolutely lived up to everything that I hoped; in fact, I've moved on to a better machine. This book, on the other hand, was a disappointment. Three stars is the most that I can give. I am amazed at the number of 5-star ratings that the book received.

While the book does indeed provide a large number of recipes, only 28 use whole-grain flour, and in some of these the whole-grain flour is less than half of the total flour -- sometimes much less.

But the worst problem is that the vast majority of recipes in the book contain the dreaded words, "This recipe is not suitable for use with the Delay Timer." In other words, it contains ingredients that cannot safely sit at room temperature for hours before the baking cycle begins. This means you cannot use these recipes for baking bread overnight, ready to wake you at breakfast. It also means that you cannot use them to bake during the day while you are at work, ready to be eaten hot with dinner. I can only conclude that the book is primarily intended for homemakers who will be home 3 - 4 hours after the cycle starts, ready to pull the hot bread out of the machine and let it cool. (While one could bake the bread immediately and leave it in the machine after baking, you would be risking having it dry out. I don't recommended it.)

I counted at least 214 recipes that said "This recipe is not suitable for use with the Delay Timer," or required the baker to pull out the dough and bake it in the over, or required the baker to interrupt the machine cycle some hours after starting and restart. None of these 214 recipes can be made overnight or while you are away at the office. In the Sweet Breads chapter, I did not seen *any* recipes that did not have these problems!

Yes, some of the recipes are quite tasty, and the machine does bake them well. But I am rarely able to make them given my busy schedule and tendency to be away from home on weekends.

If you believe, as I do, that the real glory of the bread machine is its crockpot-like ability to bake bread while you are *not* home, ready to be served upon your arrival, look elsewhere for your bread recipes.
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Where To Buy A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir

When i read this I found it both funny, sad and entertaining. I highly recomend this book. It also reminded me of my early schooling, Since i to went to a school with nun/brothers. Well done BillGet more detail about A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir.

2010: Take Back America: A Battle Plan Best Quality

No one can accuse Dick Morris of being biased. He was Clintons(DEMOCRAT) political advisor for 20 years so he knows how things work. His book is based on facts and past experiences. The info in this book is astounding. For all the idealogs, you may scoff at this but America will never be the same if Democrats keep the House majority. We need balance in the house. So if you do not want your hard earned money being taxed upon taxed and then given to the lazy( does not include those who truly deserve our help) then vote in some Republican on election day.
Some people seem to think if you are registered Dem or Rep., you must vote all or nothing. Simply not true. I voted for a Dem. Mayor and I am Rep. So listen to what each candidate has to say and look up thier history of coming through on thier word.
Obama has an agenda and hell bent on becoming a socialist society. All of what our founding fathers have done for us will be gone!Get more detail about 2010: Take Back America: A Battle Plan.

Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear

Shelley Campagnola, Professor and Executive Director of Ministry Resource, Inc., Canada

Max Lucado is a master at weaving story, real life and scripture together in ways that are easy to read and challenging to the heart. In Fearless, he does it again with wit, humor and timely sobriety, urging readers to acknowledge their fears, and to put them in their place in order to live courageous lives with their eyes fixed on Jesus.

Much of what he addresses concern things that can happen to us - the losses we can experience, the things we cannot control because they involve other people: losing a job, losing wealth, health, family, relationships, physical safety and political security among other things. We are not masters of our own lives after all but we can get caught up in thinking that other people are; that they hold power over what our lives will look like.

He also addresses the fears birthed from within: fears that God is not big enough; fears that he does not love us, does not want us, and does not listen to us; fears that we really don't matter to him or anyone else; or that our fears disappoint him and cut us off from him. Or, fear that maybe God doesn't exist after all and we've been living a lie.

Lucado dismantles all of this graciously yet methodically and completely, from the perspective of one who has grappled with these same fears at one point or another and has found the antidote in the Living and written Word of God. He invites us to join him in releasing our fear in the light of Christ's ongoing and powerful, not to be matched, presence.

Fearless is a good book for those who need the gentle yet insistent words of a friend and fellow sojourner to speak to patterns of fear that threaten to overtake and leave them living restrained or even imprisoned lives, falling short of the dreams God placed in their heart to pursue.

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Purchase Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook

My husband ( a non-vegan) and I have tried many recipes from this book and have loved them all. They are delicious and healthy. We especially love the cilantro-basil pesto, the spicy tempeh and broccoli rabe pasta, the mousaka, the snobby joes, and the red lentil cauliflower curry. A fantastic cookbook!Get more detail about Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook.