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Flour Power: The complete guide to 3-minute home flour milling

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Flour Power is simply the most amazing book and read I have ever come across. I love bread I love baking bread. However, until getting this book I only made white breads. Now, I am a whole meal bread lover.

Not only does this book cover why you should eat more whole grains, it tells you about the different grains, how to choose and buy a grain mill for milling your own flour at home. It has recipes, a listing of mill sellers and manufacturers, grain sources and more.

Once I started reading, I just couldn't put it down. I read it from cover to cover in one night. I have to tell you that doesn't happen often. If you bake bread by hand, bread machine, mixer, or whatever you have to have this book. ORDER IT NOW!

The author did a wonderful job of identifying a large variety of grain mills along with specific issues to consider about each such as overheating which destroys the nutrients one tries to save by home grinding, grinding ranges- powder to chunks, dry versus oily, dust, weight, and noise. The reader is well educated on a vast range of grains including gluten, protein, amino acid,and standard uses of each. On a very practical level, she includes detailed info on how to correct/diagnose a flopped loaf of bread with dough enhancers, ingredient altering, kneading and fermentation processes. There is a sampling of recipes along with appendices to find grain mills and grain sources. She takes the intimidation out of bread making by providing a fabulous foundation of knowledge!

The theme of this book is 3 minute flour milling, but what follows on from this is the exciting promise of nutritous and delicous loaves of bread. Very interesting,thorough research as well as nutritional info and arguements for home milling. Complete guide to the power of fiber and nutrients as well as how to find time, money and choose the right mill. As a bonus to complete info on mills and milling excellent scientific info on wheat, flours and bread making chemistry. Very good medical info on low fiber conditions, their causes and prevention. A great read for anyone with high cholesterol problems or anyone interested in good health. For all of those who want to live longer, feel healthlier, and taster delicious nutritious bread and other doughs, muffins and sweet treats like cakes and pudding - this book will change your family's life for the better.

My wife read this book and was so excited about making bread at home, that I had to read the book myself to see what all the ruckus was about. I'll have to admit that before I opened the book, I thought that milling raw wheat and making bread was something reminiscent of the "foxfire" series of do-it-yourself books. Was I ever wrong. The book is at once engaging and entertaining. Ms. Basey's research is heads above any I've read. Her knowledge of grain mills, proteins, glutens, natural vitamins and minerals is amazing. Her practical bread-making technique and application is easy to follow and even a tough guy like me can make great bread. I'm not talking bread like some make from a pre-mixed bag of flour bought at the local market. I'm talking the bread that fills the house with that fresh baked smell one never forgets. The kind that causes you to drool waitng for the baking cycle to finish. The kind that begs for fresh butter and a hungry mouth. Thanks for this wonderful resource and congrats on creating the best book of it's kind since sliced bread !!! Pardon the pun, I couldn't resist.

Really loved your book! Interesting stuff interspersed with humorous facts...very easy reading. I found the historical facts especially entertaining. I'm now committed to a new and healthier way of eating (living)!

A wonderfully informative and thought provoking book. I had no idea there was so much to learn about the health benefits of fresh flour. This book is a must for everyone concerned about living a healthy lifestyle.

I was unsure as to whether or not this book would really give me a 3 minute guide to flour milling - I mean 3 minutes?? You're kidding right??, BUT I was pleasantly surprised. This book is great -- full of information about whole wheat flour and baking breads and desserts. And the best part - IT WORKS!!! I really liked the insets with historical blurbs. I highly recommend this book to anyone!! I'll never buy flour from the store again! I'm a believer!!! A++++++

This book is entertaining in some ways and informative in other. I would recommend the purchase of this book before anyone actually buys a grain mill of any kind this will not only help with the purchase but, help you decide if you even want to experience this for any length of time.

Although Amazon does not provide a link to it here, this book has been revised and reissued as Flour Power, A guide to modern home grain milling (ISBN 0970540116 by Marleeta Basey)