Comments for Eatsbeograd.org http://eatsbeograd.org Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:36:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Cooking with Coconut Flour: A Delicious Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Alternative to Wheat by Phil T. http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Phil T. Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:36:57 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/#comment-142 I have tried a few recipies from the book.They did not come out tasty, May be it is due to the coconut flour itself. Food comes out dry. Rating: 3 / 5 I have tried a few recipies from the book.They did not come out tasty, May be it is due to the coconut flour itself. Food comes out dry.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on Cooking with Coconut Flour: A Delicious Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Alternative to Wheat by Robin http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Robin Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:42:17 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/#comment-141 Maybe I just don't like the texture of the coconut flour in general. If one can get past that texture, then the recipes are probably great. Good luck with coconut flour use. (for low carb eating, I prefer carbalose flour) Rating: 3 / 5 Maybe I just don’t like the texture of the coconut flour in general. If one can get past that texture, then the recipes are probably great. Good luck with coconut flour use. (for low carb eating, I prefer carbalose flour)
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on Cooking with Coconut Flour: A Delicious Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Alternative to Wheat by Lucy S. http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Lucy S. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:59:27 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/#comment-140 I am new in GF baking, but I am a decent cook and I am planning to find my way in to this. I agree with reviewers who wrote that there are a lot of eggs used in recipes. <br />I tried only one recipe so far - Cranberry Walnut Bread - I did not like it. I followed recipe to the point and bread came extremely greasy. <br />I looked his other recipes and realized they all will have the same problem. <br />But if you noticed I still gave the book three stars - for ideas, which I am planning to use partly. <br />I am planning to change this recipe and his other recipes as well. <br />I will try: 3 eggs instead of 8, 1/2 cup of olive oil instead of coconut, 1/4 cup of coconut milk instead of 1/2; I will add 1 cup of brown rice flower, 1/4 cup of potato starch, 1 to 1-1/2 cup of water + all other ingredients from recipe (because it will be more of the cake I would use 1 1/2 cup of cranberries, instead of 1 cup). I am using stevia. Based on book: Gluten-Free French Desserts by Myriam Gauthier-Moreau rice flower cakes should be baked at higher temperature I will increase oven temperature to 400 F and bake for 30-35 min. <br />We'll see what will happen. <br /> Rating: 3 / 5 I am new in GF baking, but I am a decent cook and I am planning to find my way in to this. I agree with reviewers who wrote that there are a lot of eggs used in recipes.

I tried only one recipe so far – Cranberry Walnut Bread – I did not like it. I followed recipe to the point and bread came extremely greasy.

I looked his other recipes and realized they all will have the same problem.

But if you noticed I still gave the book three stars – for ideas, which I am planning to use partly.

I am planning to change this recipe and his other recipes as well.

I will try: 3 eggs instead of 8, 1/2 cup of olive oil instead of coconut, 1/4 cup of coconut milk instead of 1/2; I will add 1 cup of brown rice flower, 1/4 cup of potato starch, 1 to 1-1/2 cup of water + all other ingredients from recipe (because it will be more of the cake I would use 1 1/2 cup of cranberries, instead of 1 cup). I am using stevia. Based on book: Gluten-Free French Desserts by Myriam Gauthier-Moreau rice flower cakes should be baked at higher temperature I will increase oven temperature to 400 F and bake for 30-35 min.

We’ll see what will happen.

Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on Cooking with Coconut Flour: A Delicious Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Alternative to Wheat by Bett E Crocker http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Bett E Crocker Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:31:09 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/#comment-139 A good start to learning about coconut flour baking and cooking. Product arrived as promised. Good purchase. Rating: 4 / 5 A good start to learning about coconut flour baking and cooking. Product arrived as promised. Good purchase.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Cooking with Coconut Flour: A Delicious Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Alternative to Wheat by Richard Miller http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Richard Miller Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:12:11 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/cooking-with-coconut-flour-a-delicious-low-carb-gluten-free-alternative-to-wheat/#comment-138 The book was very informative and answered all my questions about how to use coconut four and why. Rating: 5 / 5 The book was very informative and answered all my questions about how to use coconut four and why.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future by Midwest Book Review http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Midwest Book Review Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:14:32 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/#comment-137 The Flat World and Education: How's America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future provides a fine wake-up call to America's educational system, surveying the need to create high-achieving, equitable schools for all. From connections between resources and outcomes to common practices of improving countries, The Flat World and Education assumes a rare global stance in examining how educational systems are affected by economics. Any education or social issues library needs this. <br /> Rating: 5 / 5 The Flat World and Education: How’s America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future provides a fine wake-up call to America’s educational system, surveying the need to create high-achieving, equitable schools for all. From connections between resources and outcomes to common practices of improving countries, The Flat World and Education assumes a rare global stance in examining how educational systems are affected by economics. Any education or social issues library needs this.

Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future by A. Prentice http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/comment-page-1/#comment-136 A. Prentice Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:27:20 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/#comment-136 I found this book compelling for its subject matter and readable because of its clear well-written prose. Darling-Hammond has a broad subject here, especially when she looks at the current sate of education in countries around the world and in our own, but she always has great control of her material and most importantly of her research. Her evidence is clear and comprehensible, and the conclusions are not all very flattering to the U.S. system. She does help us see, though, how we got here and how we might move to a better, fairer place. The best book I have read on education in some time; highly recommended. Rating: 5 / 5 I found this book compelling for its subject matter and readable because of its clear well-written prose. Darling-Hammond has a broad subject here, especially when she looks at the current sate of education in countries around the world and in our own, but she always has great control of her material and most importantly of her research. Her evidence is clear and comprehensible, and the conclusions are not all very flattering to the U.S. system. She does help us see, though, how we got here and how we might move to a better, fairer place. The best book I have read on education in some time; highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future by Bethann A Henry http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Bethann A Henry Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:44:14 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/#comment-135 This was one of the books we had to purchase for a grad class in education. It is very informative and good to reference back to as future educators. Rating: 3 / 5 This was one of the books we had to purchase for a grad class in education. It is very informative and good to reference back to as future educators.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future by R. M. Smith http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/comment-page-1/#comment-134 R. M. Smith Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:30:33 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/#comment-134 My review? In a word: disappointing. I had hoped that Dr. Darling-Hammond would have dispelled the fog surrounding the current national debate on education reform. Instead she only perpetuates many of the same old false assumptions and romantic beliefs dominating policy analysis today - only this time re-packaging them in progressive vestments rather than in the typical "free market" three-piece suit. <br /> <br />Here are a few observations. She spends the first part of the book trying to make the usual case about the dire state of student achievement in the United States. Like so many other recent reformers, she indicts public education relying largely on results from international assessments such as the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), but fails to provide the necessary interpretive cautions concerning the sampling and other methodological weaknesses of these assessments. The fact that many students in our country receive an outstanding public education is glossed over completely thus justifying the need for universal reform through a complete condemnation of the status quo. <br /> <br />LDH avoids any discussion of cognitive ability and its connection to student achievement, further promoting the romantic fiction that all students can achieve the same performance standards within the same time frame. This omission ignores a critical reality which must be fully explored in the education reform debate - but is never even broached. <br /> <br />The middle section of the book focuses on trying to learn lessons from other counties with reputedly higher student achievement. None of the relevant cautions about such comparisons are cited, while sweeping, unfounded generalizations carry the day. The approach reminds me of much educational research where authors freely discuss cause and effect based on even the slightest positive or negative correlations. <br /> <br />The last third of the book discusses what should be done to fix public education. While there are some worthy targets for improvement, too many familiar hobby horses show up to confuse the discussion. For instance, LDH promotes small (secondary) schools enthusiastically, citing Diane Ravitch as a source. Of course, DR in her most recent book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, effectively shreds the argument for small schools. <br /> <br />LDH's lengthy discussion of teacher quality has merit but takes many wrong turns and eventually ends up promoting a set of expensive ideas that will make little difference. And as long as I am mentioning resources, I might as well make sure that you understand that there is no discussion of how her admittedly expensive reform proposals might be funded. Even if her recommendations were spot on, the cost would be prohibitive, at least given the public taxation system in the United States as it is today. <br /> <br />Her best contribution is in the discussion of opportunity to learn and the need to ensure that all students get access to a good basic education - though we differ somewhat on what constitutes a basic education, the engine of opportunity. Yes, there are inequities that need attention. And yes, there are teacher quality issues that need attention. And yes, students need to be appropriately challenged academically. And yes, students need to spend more time in school. But unfortunately this book does not offer much to inform our understanding of these issues or advance a realistic course of action. <br /> <br />The fog still hangs heavy over the debate. <br /> Rating: 1 / 5 My review? In a word: disappointing. I had hoped that Dr. Darling-Hammond would have dispelled the fog surrounding the current national debate on education reform. Instead she only perpetuates many of the same old false assumptions and romantic beliefs dominating policy analysis today – only this time re-packaging them in progressive vestments rather than in the typical “free market” three-piece suit.

Here are a few observations. She spends the first part of the book trying to make the usual case about the dire state of student achievement in the United States. Like so many other recent reformers, she indicts public education relying largely on results from international assessments such as the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), but fails to provide the necessary interpretive cautions concerning the sampling and other methodological weaknesses of these assessments. The fact that many students in our country receive an outstanding public education is glossed over completely thus justifying the need for universal reform through a complete condemnation of the status quo.

LDH avoids any discussion of cognitive ability and its connection to student achievement, further promoting the romantic fiction that all students can achieve the same performance standards within the same time frame. This omission ignores a critical reality which must be fully explored in the education reform debate – but is never even broached.

The middle section of the book focuses on trying to learn lessons from other counties with reputedly higher student achievement. None of the relevant cautions about such comparisons are cited, while sweeping, unfounded generalizations carry the day. The approach reminds me of much educational research where authors freely discuss cause and effect based on even the slightest positive or negative correlations.

The last third of the book discusses what should be done to fix public education. While there are some worthy targets for improvement, too many familiar hobby horses show up to confuse the discussion. For instance, LDH promotes small (secondary) schools enthusiastically, citing Diane Ravitch as a source. Of course, DR in her most recent book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, effectively shreds the argument for small schools.

LDH’s lengthy discussion of teacher quality has merit but takes many wrong turns and eventually ends up promoting a set of expensive ideas that will make little difference. And as long as I am mentioning resources, I might as well make sure that you understand that there is no discussion of how her admittedly expensive reform proposals might be funded. Even if her recommendations were spot on, the cost would be prohibitive, at least given the public taxation system in the United States as it is today.

Her best contribution is in the discussion of opportunity to learn and the need to ensure that all students get access to a good basic education – though we differ somewhat on what constitutes a basic education, the engine of opportunity. Yes, there are inequities that need attention. And yes, there are teacher quality issues that need attention. And yes, students need to be appropriately challenged academically. And yes, students need to spend more time in school. But unfortunately this book does not offer much to inform our understanding of these issues or advance a realistic course of action.

The fog still hangs heavy over the debate.

Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future by Daniel R. Moirao http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Daniel R. Moirao Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:12:51 +0000 http://eatsbeograd.org/the-flat-world-and-education-how-americas-commitment-to-equity-will-determine-our-future/#comment-133 Once again, Linda Darling Hammond has written a book that insights thought and evokes true commitment to movement. The Flat World and Education is a must for each and every educator. Anyone committed to the development of our profession must read this book. Rating: 5 / 5 Once again, Linda Darling Hammond has written a book that insights thought and evokes true commitment to movement. The Flat World and Education is a must for each and every educator. Anyone committed to the development of our profession must read this book.
Rating: 5 / 5

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