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Make The Bread, Buy The Butter: What You Should And Shouldn't Cook From Scratch -- Over 120 Recipes For The Best Homemade Foods (2011)

by Jennifer Reese(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1451605870 (ISBN13: 9781451605877)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Atria Books

review 1: This book was fantastic, in kind of a nerdy way. When the author finds herself job-free, she sets out to determine if things are more cost-effective or better homemade or store bought. It's not always as obvious as you think it will be, and some of her stories are hysterical. This is an interesting read if you're into cooking (her recipes are good), DIY or economics. It was kind of light, but made you re-think some of the things we do every day.
review 2: 5 stars for the humorous anecdotes, 3 stars for the recipes, and 2 stars for the overall mission success.I didn't read this book cover-to-cover, so this is based on the parts I read and skimmed. I bounced around a lot. I loved the author's style of humorous writing. Some of the anecdotes and visual descript... moreions were pretty hilarious.I tried a couple of the recipes in this book. The chocolate chip pumpkin muffins were delicious. The "Everyday Bread" was pretty lackluster, in my opinion. I'd probably just find the recipes online rather than buy the whole book.As for the overall mission of comparing the cost/hassle of making versus buying.....Eh, not as great. There wasn't a lot of in-depth research done here on the options, but rather the author makes a judgement based on her singular experiences. Chickens aren't worth it for eggs because she spent $2500 on a fence. Yikes. Or, sometimes she says something is a hassle, with very little explanation, while other times she says it's a hassle, but still gives the recipe. Croissants are a humongous hassle, but there was 3-4 pages dedicated to making them? Or, homemade lemonade is a slight hassle, but it's so much tastier than Country Time.....My response to that one would have been that making homemade lemonade with bottled lemon juice is both hassle free and delicious (1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of lemon juice, 6 or so cups of water depending on your preference), but the author only gave the fresh-squeezed-lemon option.So...I'd say the book was worth checking out from the library, but not worth buying. less

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Keshav

This was an entertaining read and a great breakdown of information about a variety of things you tend to think you don't make at home. I haven't actually tried any recipes, yet, but I have a bunch bookmarked. It really looks like there ate some things that are much easier to make than I thought. It being grilling season, tops on my list of things to try is hot dog buns. I'm a little disappointed that hot dogs are not in the make it category, but the buy it. Caramel popcorn and vanilla extract on the make list! I think this book did kill my incipient desire to raise chickens, and definitely my desire for ducks.

ashleycottey23

This book was fantastic, in kind of a nerdy way. When the author finds herself job-free, she sets out to determine if things are more cost-effective or better homemade or store bought. It's not always as obvious as you think it will be, and some of her stories are hysterical. This is an interesting read if you're into cooking (her recipes are good), DIY or economics. It was kind of light, but made you re-think some of the things we do every day.

shrusti727

I've never read a cookbook cover to cover until now. Reese is a very entertaining writer!

Brettnicole

Full review to follow...someday.

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