Cookbook Giveaway – Breaking Breads

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• Siegal  on  December 3, 2016

  I would say I am an inermediate baker

• rchesser  on  December 3, 2016

  Skilled, I like to think.

• soopsoop  on  December 3, 2016

  I spent six months baking bread once a week. The only one I ever mastered was Jim Lahey's no-knead bread. So experienced novice?

• mcrimmins  on  December 3, 2016

  I'm a novice but have to decided to bake bread on every snow day we have in NJ this winter. I read the Farmer's Almanac, there is going to be a big storm in February.

• jr0717  on  December 3, 2016

  I'm a novice, and good at bargaining with other confections and creations in exchange for homemade bread from other bakers that excel in it!

• tennyogirl  on  December 3, 2016

  novice

• hillsboroks  on  December 3, 2016

  I'm probably somewhere between skilled and novice.

• allthatsleftarethecrumbs  on  December 3, 2016

  I'd say novice. I just wish I had more time to bake.

• sgump  on  December 3, 2016

  When I was much younger, I used to bake a lot of yeasted products (breads, rolls, and so on) as 4-H projects. But that was long ago. I would love to make the time to reengage with the craft! (So chalk me down as a "novice" these days.)

• Marcia1206  on  December 3, 2016

  This is said to be a fabulous book!

• Marcia1206  on  December 3, 2016

  I'm a novice in bread making However I would love to learn!

• alirov  on  December 4, 2016

  Probably closer to a novice these days. It's been awhile since I've tried baking fresh bread.

• lhudson  on  December 4, 2016

  I am definitely a novice.

• vickster  on  December 4, 2016

  I am maybe a bit below skilled – not a novice but more intermediate. Baking bread is the most satisfying form of cooking for me. I would make bread every day if not for the fact that it would cause us to eat too much. I really want this book!

• bktravels  on  December 4, 2016

  Many years ago when I had 3 young children, a full-time executive position, and a husband who traveled frequently, I baked bread fairly often. Now that I'm retired, I don't seem to have time! So, I'm more than an novice, but I don't know that I'm still skilled. My goal is to pull out some of Beth Hensperger's wonderful and inspiring bread books this winter and start making bread again.

• Larkspur  on  December 4, 2016

  Pretty skilled. I make sourdough breads regularly and pizza dough.

• anightowl  on  December 4, 2016

  Not a novice, but I don't think I would call myself skilled either, I don't bake by hand as often as I would like to.

• ToPieFor  on  December 4, 2016

  I know I can do this but…I may knead (ha ha) some hand holding.
  Can't say I've ever baked bread, except for Irish soda bread, and I really want to try it! This book is just the push I need. 😉

• Elena Rose  on  December 4, 2016

  I'm no longer a novice at baking, but I could certainly use some hand holding occasionally. This book looks amazing! And I have to add that my youngest child's name is Uri, so I'm excited to get this book for him to see.

• dinnermints  on  December 5, 2016

  Skilled. Kind of addicted to baking bread. Somehow it rises to the top of the priority list when I should be, say, weeding or doing other home-improvementy type things. But nothing turns out to be half so gratifying.

• annieski  on  December 5, 2016

  Skilled. Maybe mad skills!

• two2babykitties  on  December 5, 2016

  Semi-skilled, but I can always use advice. This book seems wonderful.

• pkeibel  on  December 5, 2016

  skilled can always learn more

• tarae1204  on  December 5, 2016

  Absolute novice.

• meggan  on  December 5, 2016

  Hold my hand – yeast hates me!

• TheToughCookie  on  December 5, 2016

  Skilled in breads, but want to ramp up the skills to OFF THE CHARTS!

• sarahawker  on  December 5, 2016

  Definitely a novice! I don't think a bread machine counts.

• Katiefayhutson  on  December 5, 2016

  Skilled

• annmartina  on  December 6, 2016

  Skilled to advanced, if catching wild yeast and making successful bread qualifies as advanced.

• lgroom  on  December 7, 2016

  No longer a novice, but hardly skilled.

• ptherrien  on  December 7, 2016

  Hold my hand, I'm scared! Been trying for decades to make bread. Best I can do is use my expensive bread machine. Yeast hates me. Help!

• verorenee  on  December 7, 2016

  Definitely novice, but I pretend I'm skilled, it helps take the fear of making something new away.

• cookingforthefam  on  December 7, 2016

  I think somewhere between skilled and advanced. I bake the majority of our daily bread, but I can't knead (bad wrists), so I have to use mechanical help (stand mixer or bread machine). I like trying new recipes.

• kimtrev  on  December 8, 2016

  I like to think I'm skilled…

• stockholm28  on  December 10, 2016

  Definitely a novice.

• rejcooks  on  December 10, 2016

  Somewhere between novice and skilled

• pandapotamus  on  December 10, 2016

  novice!

• bfg67  on  December 12, 2016

  novice

• Lyndaherman  on  December 13, 2016

  I'm a novice, but look forward to improving my skills

• Teruska  on  December 15, 2016

  I can bake bread. I love fresh bread!

• catmommy9  on  December 15, 2016

  I'd say skilled.

• ckbkcollector  on  December 16, 2016

  hold my hand

• daniellespinato1  on  December 16, 2016

  I'd rank myself somewhere between novice and skilled.

• centraljersey  on  December 16, 2016

  He's pretty skilled but with a limited repertoire. I'm a novice because of him.

• fiarose  on  December 16, 2016

  hold my hand i'm scared, but not for long y'all!!

• johannab  on  December 16, 2016

  Very skilled. I started making bread with my grandmother when I was 3.

• Hockeyluver2002  on  December 16, 2016

  Skilled but wanting to be a master!! 🙂

• Directjudy  on  December 16, 2016

  I am a novice bread baker!

  Judy W

• cocecitycook  on  December 17, 2016

  Skilled, but there's always more to learn

• Rinshin  on  December 17, 2016

  Sometimes perfect other times scrunchy face.

• Lafauvette  on  December 17, 2016

  Novice. I've made bread a few times with decent results.

• rivergait  on  December 17, 2016

  Skilled, but unpracticed these last few years. I taught myself in the 70's when we wore long skirts, had green plants everywhere inside, and kneaded 100% by hand. I need photos and inspiration to begin again.

• t.t  on  December 17, 2016

  I'm beyond novice, but I don't think I'd be in the skilled category yet…

• Sfgordon  on  December 18, 2016

  somewhere between skilled and advanced – i think it's always anxiety-producing because there are so many factors involved in making good bread, but I at least have some amount of confidence with it.

• dorits  on  December 18, 2016

  I haven't baked a lot of bread but am a skilled baker so I'm a bit above novice. In two weeks I'll retire and hope to finally find time to bake bread periodically.

• bangss  on  December 20, 2016

  I'm very, very skilled… at bread machine loaf baking! *grin*

• curafresh  on  December 21, 2016

  Skilled! =D

• Dmartin997  on  December 22, 2016

  Novice to skilled. My loaves don't always turn out.

• infotrop  on  December 22, 2016

  skilled, I guess, but I still marvel when my breads turn out well.

• thecharlah  on  December 22, 2016

  Complete novice!

• DoMaRe  on  December 25, 2016

  Skilled, at least on the 5 or so breads that I regularly bake.

• zschoppa  on  December 26, 2016

  I would be dangerous when it comes to baking bread but my husband has had a passion to learn over the past year. He is becoming very skilled!

• AliceJ  on  December 29, 2016

  I am skilled, and still learning. I love baking bread and have been enjoying the education process.

• JanScholl  on  December 31, 2016

  Skilled. I took a class from a baker who was trained in France.

• mpdeb98  on  December 31, 2016

  Skilled but still need to learn some techniques.

• FireRunner2379  on  January 1, 2017

  I make a lot of pizza dough and soft pretzels but consider myself a novice when it comes to making loaves of bread. There is so much more I would love to learn, especially in the use of sourdough starters.

• exploringfood  on  January 1, 2017

  Out of practice is how I'd describe my bread-baking. I used to bake all of our bread, and I've got a stack of favorite recipes. Just bought some yeast the other day to get my hands into the thick of it again. Was always one of my favorite types of cooking/baking.

• percussion03  on  January 1, 2017

  Intermediate–lots of experience, but erratic dedication.

• leorabakes  on  January 1, 2017

  advanced. And really want this book 🙂

• matag  on  January 2, 2017

  Semi skilled

• Nancith  on  January 3, 2017

  definitely a novice who needs a hand held

• DJBWA  on  January 4, 2017

  Bread is the staple of life!

• Kiyah  on  January 4, 2017

  I'm skilled at cake, cookies and pizza, novice at pie and somewhere in between with bread.

• Lmeyers520  on  January 4, 2017

  I have been baking bread for years, but still consider myself a novice because I need more confidence in what I'm doing.

• lils74  on  January 5, 2017

  I'd say novice to intermediate.

• fedenorreri  on  November 3, 2020

  between novice and skilled: You can never stop learning!