German Baking - Book Review

I am not German. I come from a family that loves baking, but pretty much everything in this book is new to me. On that note I found this book to be very disappointing. There are very few pictures, and very few of the pictures are of the finished baked goods. There are pictures of Germany and of food prep, but those don't inspire me to want to make a recipe. As an example the Glazed Hazelnut Torte recipe has two pictures, one of a bicycle and one of a graffiti style art wall. Why would I want to see those pictures right then? It makes no sense.

Other than the very disappointing visual aspect of the book, the recipes look well written with good detailed instruction. I am doubtful that I will ever make anything from this book given how uninspiring the formatting is.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

Book Review: Natural Color

I have been interested in learning natural dying for a while. Hand dyed yarn has become very popular, it can make a solid color more interesting too look at because of the slight color variations. I have been wanting to try to create my own color combination yarn, or try dying already knitted things.

This book has many color options for natural dying. They are arranged along with project ideas for many things you can dye. At the back of the book is a handy chart of all the colors you can make and how different methods can change the color.

I am very excited to start my first project.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.