{"id":1067,"date":"2012-09-28T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/happycatholicbookshelf\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2012-09-28T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:23:22","slug":"review-make-the-bread-buy-the-butter-by-jennifer-reese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/happycatholicbookshelf\/2012\/09\/review-make-the-bread-buy-the-butter-by-jennifer-reese\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Make the Bread, Buy the Butter by Jennifer Reese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Make<\/a>Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn\u2019t Cook from Scratch \u2014 Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods<\/a> by Jennifer Reese<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennifer Reese lost her job and began experimenting in the kitchen to see what was better when made at home and whether it was worth the time and labor involved to do so. The result is this cookbook which I like very much.<\/p>\n

Reese\u2019s calm common-sense comes shining through in the introductions to each recipe. Her sensibilities are very much like mine and, just in case they aren\u2019t, she clearly describes her likes and dislikes about each project. Thus I know that I probably don\u2019t want to make my own cream cheese (at least from her recipe) because I don\u2019t want something noticeably tangier (or as her family says \u201csour\u201d) than Philly Cream Cheese. Would I mind my homemade peanut butter being \u201cnubbier\u201d than commercial brands if the peanut flavor sings forth? Maybe not.<\/p>\n

Each recipe is prefaced by three bullet points:<\/p>\n