Welcome to the What Did You Read This Month? Book Review Linky, a monthly sharing link-up for books! Books of all kinds, romance, suspense, DIY, and my personal favorite, cookbooks! Personally I couldn't be happier that books are once again, back in fashion!
And a great way to keep them front and center is to share a review of what you have read, if and how you enjoyed it, and if you would recommend that book to a friend! Oh and a story or two of how you came to own or stumbled upon the book would also be fun...because the human connection to a book is just as important! Since books are for everyone, let's all enjoy them, once again!
The What Did You Read This Month? Book Review Linky will start on the first Wednesday of each month!
Which means it will be a month long opportunity to be a part of the fun. It is hosted by yours truly at Scratch Made Food! & DIY Homemade Household along with Estelle at Homemade On A Weeknight! After linking up your own review, do be sure to take a look at some of the other reviews that were shared. Because you just might find your next good read...plus it is a lot of fun to support other readers. Reading, like travel is the one area where you can (and will) spend money, only to be so much richer for doing so!
Why am I happy to be a part of this monthly event?
Let's see, reading has always been important t me. And something I have always enjoyed. First as a child visiting the library each week (hello Little House books!), then as a parent and later a grandparent (Good Night Moon!) and always as a cook in my own kitchen. Cookbooks in particular have played a large part in recipe development and as a means to widen my own somewhat limited food horizons! While I might not get to Spain or Germany on a vacation, through a recipe, I can cook the foods enjoyed there! Books have even helped me, teach myself to knit! Books are often my first resource for most things, such as how fix a leaking pipe, or even plant a garden.
Turns out, books have always been a part of my life's journey!
Welcome to the What Did You Read This Month Book Review Link-up for, March 2026
What am I sharing this month?
Josey Baker Bread.
Get Baking * Make Great Bread * Be Happy
Text copyright 2014 by Josey Baker
Photographs by: Erin Kunkel
Photographs copyright 2014 by Erin Kunkel
We were sitting in Ajo AZ, our time as volunteers at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument had come to an end. But we were still in Ajo, because getting back to Washington state meant, we had to wait for the passes to clear of winter snow, to go home. I wasn't happy with the bread I was baking in my little RV kitchen, so I ordered this book off of Amazon.
It arrived and I started right in!
The premise of this book is to make a starter, and use a tablespoon or two of that starter as the yeast in your bread recipe. Not most of the starter as is the usual way for current sourdough bread baking. The bread was delicious, and reading about Josey is a lot of fun as well. And while I did bake from this book, nothing I baked found it's way to the blog. But his method is easy to master and you will have delicious bread to serve yourself and everyone who sits at your table.
The introduction is set up like an interview with questions and Josey's answers. He really believes in good quality bread, and it shows! Josey also believes that anyone can bake good bread and he is happy to help you learn how. And you can see that the chapters are set up, as lessons. With each chapter offering the next lesson in baking. As you advance chapter by chapter, you are on the way to becoming a great bread baker!
Chapter 1: how i fell in love / became obsesses with bread / first loaves.
Chapter 2: taming wild yeast/ sourdough
Chapter 3: a new challenge / adding stuff to bread
Chapter 4: eat bread ever day/ whole wheat breads
Chapter 5: another new challenge / breads made from other grains
Chapter 6: baking on the side (or in the backyard) / pizza
Chapter 7: wait a second, i'm a baker? / pocket breads
Chapter 8: i'm opening a bakery!?!?! / sweet treats
I can guarantee you, that if I can bake his bread successfully in a small RV kitchen out in the desert of Arizona, so can you! Plus the whole book is a great read! And who would not love a book dedicated to the author's Mother?
This book is dedicated to my mom. Clear a space on the shelf for this one mama.
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My pick from last months What Did You Read This Month Linky?
This Month's Must Reads For Me: Stories, Connections, and Life Lessons. @lisanotes
And now, on to the link-up!
Oh that sounds like a delightful book!
ReplyDeleteJoanne, it is a great read, and when you reach the end, chapter by chapter, you have become a really good baker!
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