[.ca] Whole Grain Breads by Machine or Hand: 200 Delicious, ... (ISBN 076453825X)

Not What I Was Expecting:
First of all, this is a lovely book with wonderful information. But the title "Whole Grain Breads..." implied to me that the recipes would incorporate only "whole grains" to the exclusion of white flours. Nearly every recipe I looked at had a large proportion of white flour. Oh well, Borders willingly accepted my return...I'm off to search again!

Best Whole Grain Bread Book Around:
I have never taken the time to write a review on a book that i have purchased from Amazon. Thanks to all of you who do. This time was the exception. This book is incredible! Every recipe can be tailored to your stlye of breadmaking. It has directions for a bread machine, mixer, or the old fashioned way. I have tried a half dozen of the recipes so far and they are all delicious. My compliments to the author. The money has been well spent. Thanks!

Whole Grain breads:
I have enjoyed trying breads from this book. I would not really say the recipes are whole-grain as written, since generally there is twice as much white flour and whole-grain flour, but I usually change the ratios when I use these recipes (2 c whole grain flour to 1 c white flour.) It also orders the ingredients for bread machines (putting the yeast last) which has been a bit annoying, but many modern bread books now are based on bread machines, so I can't complain too much. The sweet breads at the end of the book are wonderful. One of the reasons I got this book was because of the large number of Scandanavian recipes, and I have been very pleased with them. I also love the fact that there are three different loaf sizes. It is nice to try the sampler loaves without doing all the math! I usually end up doubling the recipe for the largest loaf since my family loves bread. I do recommend this book.

I have found me way:
I first became interested in baking bread since I felt it to be the most challenging cooking/baking a person could do. And challenging it was - rock hard loaves, loaves that never rose.... Then I got a breadmachine from a family member. Looking for recipies, I happened on this book (3 days ago). After two successful loaves, I love it! It gives me the flexibility to knead and rise my bread in my breadmachine, then bake it in the oven. It lets me know how to troubleshoot any problems. It lets me drop ingedients to meet my families allergies. And, above all, I make my house a home. People rush to the stove to get a smell, I get applause over the results, and I can't wait to get home to bake antoher loaf. I'd recoomend this book to any beginner bread maker!!!!

Excellent resource:
Usually, I look at a cookbook, and see at most 30% of the recipes that I can really imagine myself making. This book has page after page of recipes that had me going, "Oooooh!", "Mmmmmm, that sounds good!", "Oh, I've _got_ to make that!" I've already tried 3 or 4 of the recipes, even though I've only had it a week! Also, though I've baked bread by hand for years, I have have only recently converted to the machine; this book is teaching me a great deal about how to adapt other recipes to the machine. Excellent information. And the addition of recipes for spreads and dishes to serve the breads with is a wonderful touch. I can see that this book is going to get used to death. (Maybe I ought to buy an extra copy, for when I wear out this one!)