Make the Bread, Buy the Butter

What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch -- Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods

Ranked #42 in Healthy Cooking

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 paid for. She had never before considered making her own peanut butter and pita bread, let alone curing her own prosciutto or raising turkeys. And though it sounded logical that "doing it yourself" would cost less, she had her doubts. So Reese began a series of kitchen-related experiments, taking into account the competing demands of everyday contemporary American family life as she answers some timely questions: When is homemade... more

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