Bread-Making Machines

Help! I have a good friend getting married in TWO weeks and I need to find her a great wedding gift. Am thinking of a bread-making machine. Does anyone know of a good brand as well as a store that carries them? I bought one once from Bed and Bath (under $70!) but they don't seem to carry them anymore. Thanks! Naomi

We've just bought an Oster bread machine from Costco after our well used (5 years/ twice a week)Black collapsed. We spent $60 for it and we are very happy with it. It has a large set of options for bread type, crust color, pasta, pizza dough etc Good luck Simona

I got my bread maching at Costco a few years ago. It's a Welbilt. When I got married the gifts I liked the most were gift certificates to various stores....Whole Earth, REI, Dept stores....I was already set up in a house full of most of what I needed though so I didn't need a lot of appliances and kitchen stuff. June

We have NOT been happy with our breadmaker -- Breadman Plus. Most of our breads come out looking like hockey pucks. Now, we use the machine to mix the ingredients and allow the dough to rise, then bake the conventional way. Loralee