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December 1st, 2009

Dark and Sticky Gingerbread from The New England Cookbook: 350 Recipies from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home

I am a gingerbread aficionado so I have lots of recipes, many of them excellent but this is one of my favorites. The title says it all - it is indeed dark and sticky. the recipes comes with a sherried... read more >


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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

By Jeff Hertzberg MD, Zoe Francois
Thomas Dunne Books - 2007

December 1st, 2009

Being a bread lover, I was intrigued with their claim that you could produce a delicious loaf of bread in just a few minutes each day - the kicker, of course, is that you mix up 4 loaves at a time, put them in the frig and then just pull them out and let them raise (5 minutes a day is a bit deceptive and it only refers to the actual working time - not raising or baking). But even so - this is a great way to have fresh bread every day (I put the book away because it is too easy a way to have fresh bread every day). I did find however, that while the basic recipes worked really well, some of the speciality breads were a bit disappointing.