> I appreciate all the do-it-yourself fervor on this thread but baking seems like a decent application of the principle of economic specialization Not really.

> I appreciate all the do-it-yourself fervor on this thread but baking seems like a decent application of the principle of economic specialization Not really. The cost for me to bake bread is cheaper [and while I did ask for the guy with 5-min hands on time's recipe largely because bread takes ~15 min of effort with the recipe I use], I can make it and a main course in ~45 min of actual work. > I, for one, enjoy visiting my local bakery every few days, and they do a better job than I will ever do even if I quit my job and practice baking full-time, which I'm not planning to do. It takes me ~40 minutes round trip to go to the bakery. Its one of those tasks that, frankly, cost me more time than the 30min I spend baking bread twice a week.