I want a Kitchen-Aid! We had one at the ice cream store where I used to work. The thing with gadgets is, though, Mister is the one who has to clean 'em, and he probably curses my mother everytime he sees food processor parts in the sink. (she gave it to us) I think this is why he didn't want to put the George Foreman grill on our Christmas list.

ditto what Sorcha says.... if she really wants a bread machine, go ahead and get her a good one. Is there a consumer reporting site on the Net you can check out? There's probably plenty of sites on breadbaking & such that might be able to give you more suggestions.