from ParadisePorch

It's seldom that I rate a cookbook five stars, but Make the Bread, Buy the Butter is so much more than a cookbook. Cover blurb says: "When Jennifer Reese lost her job, she was overcome by an impulse common among the recently unemployed: to economize by doing for herself what she had previously pa...

from AmphipodGirl

This is a delightful read! Her failures -- recounted with humor -- are very funny. Harold's been reading bits of this, and he's nit usually a food reader, and Michelle had me read to her from it a few times, so it's been broadly popular in the family. One of the big surprises for me was her real ...

from 4fish

Tremendously fun to read, as well as informative, Jennifer Reese's book Make the Bread, Buy the Butter aims to try out culinary milestones that are generally perceived as being too expensive, too much work or otherwise not worth it. She lets us know which are attainable and affordable and which a...

from gincam

Make the Bread, Buy the Butter", by Jennifer Reese, is a fabulous, fascinating find for foodies! This is an entertaining encyclopedia of the pros and cons of making food from scratch rather than automatically buying it ready-made at the store. While I didn't always agree with the opinions and per...

from AmphipodGirl

This is a delightful read! Her failures -- recounted with humor -- are very funny. Harold's been reading bits of this, and he's nit usually a food reader, and Michelle had me read to her from it a few times, so it's been broadly popular in the family. One of the big surprises for me was her real ...