Book Review

Books that we have read and reviewed

March 17, 2013

300 Best Bread Machine Recipes

Dominique Book Review, Parenting and Kids Bread Machine Recipes, Donna Washburn & Heather Butt

Bread Machine Recipes Book Cover

300 Best Bread Machine Recipesby Donna Washburn & Heather Butt is one of the latest baking book which I had the chance to review. Last year I developed an interest in bread baking after attending a bread baking course by Chef William. It was the first time that I was baking bread and it sure tasted heavenly.

Since then I have been wanting to bake different types of bread for the family to try but the time factor to make a single loaf of bread made it difficult for me to incorporate bread baking into my daily schedule.

At that time my mum lent me her bread maker as she was moving house and needed place to store her kitchen equipments. It was the perfect chance for me to try out some of the recipes in the book.

There are from traditional to more innovative recipes for bakers of different levels.

Recipes in the book include the following

Asiago Herb Loaf
Chunky Chili Cornbread
Carrot Lover’s Poppy Seed Bread
Wild Rice and Cranberry Loaf
Maple Banana Flaxseed Bread
Autumn Pumpkin Seed Bread
Sourdough Pumpernickel Raisin Bread
Giant Parmesan Rosemary Breadsticks
Braided Squash Crescent
Soup-in-a-Bread-Bowl

and so on.

It is certainly an extremely wide selection to fit one’s palette. You are certain to be able to find a bake which your whole family would like.

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March 16, 2013

Rubber Band Girl: A Mother’s Memoir

Dominique Book Review, Parenting and Kids Marfan syndrome, Rubber Band Girl

Book Cover

Rubber Band Girl A Mother’s Memoir by Jennifer Nielson is a heartwarming book relating Jennifer’s experience with her daughter Hadley who suffers from Marfan Syndrome.

For those who haven’t heard about the Marfan Syndrome, Jennifer lists it in her book as , a genetic disorder of the connective tissues that results in weak ligaments. Marfan Syndrome is also called the “rubber band disease,” because its most visible symptoms are extreme height, excessively long limbs, and overly stretchable ligaments; but, the disease affects the entire function of the body, impacting the heart, eyes, back, and skin most severely.

It was devastating when her daughter was given that diagnosis. She felt as if her whole world had collapsed upon her as her daughter wouldn’t be able to pursue her dream of being a WNBA player as all physical activity had to be stopped due to her condition.

In the book Jennifer recalls the difficult times which she had gone through with Harley from the time she was born and how with her fighting spirit the both of them have managed to overcome the odds of a carjacking and a death defying car accident among other trying moments that they had during her childhood.

Despite her illness Hadley championed a fundraiser and managed to come up with an astonishing amount of money to support other fellow sufferers of Marfan Syndrome through Hadley’s “Vision”. She and her family also helped support an orphanage through their donation drive.

My thoughts

Harley is one amazing girl with an extremely positive outlook of life. Even with the numerous eye operations, medical and complications due to the syndrome Hadley managed to live almost normal life. She managed to overcome her disability and in the end made it to WNBA. It only shows that dreams do come true if you believe it and work hard for it.

Grab your copy of Rubber Band Girl A Mother’s Memoir from Amazon today.

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