Melissa Graham - Beyond the Ordinary Dot Net

~~~ Melissa Graham ~~~
If you thought you would never make your own bread, Melissa will change your mind
...and your will be very happy about it.

Melissa Graham was born and raised in Orange County California and at 25 moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She studied at the renowned Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas for 6 years. There she learned important life lessons as well as the importance of how your attitude affects every aspect of your life.

Melissa was introduced to Ramtha from the movie "What the Bleep." The seizure and coma from which she awakened feeling "like a different person" included no longer being interested in acting. Her focus became more spiritual, she formed a "What the Bleep" study group, and there met a current RSE student who introduced her to the Ramtha School of Enlightenment. Shortly after she attended her first retreat, an even more life changing experience, Melissa's dream became to move to the area with her husband and purchase a home and land which was accomplished within four months of making her card.

Melissa has always had an interest in cooking, baking and cake decorating. Over the last two years, she has developed a passion for this as well as the lost art of baking homemade breads and canning jam. She is always honing her skills through classes and self study for developing new recipes ...and is currently working on writing a cookbook. Her favorite things to create are cakes, pastries, breads and unusual jams and jellies such as bananas foster jam, lavender chamomile jelly and pina colada jam.

We are delighted, having enjoyed many of her creations, that she agreed to do an 'Online Baking Class' for YOU!
These classes are part of our Preparedness Series.

There is more to her creativity and talents... but that we are saving for another time!

On her Blogspot, titled The Alchemist, you will find the first recipe - Easy! Along with great photos so we can see how our first breads will look. Right here, go look! Bread making for beginners, and Irish Soda Bread
Join us for all her programs and soon you too will be delighting family and friends, and enjoying every moment.

Melissa and her husband operate The Imagine Inn B&B in Rainier, WA., highly recommended by BTO!

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Listen Now	September 29th, 2008 "Bread School Has Begun!" First, personally verified and recommended by BTO is The Imagine Inn B&B that Melissa and her husband operate exclusively for RSE students. You can be sure of a lovely experience with large private rooms surrounded by nature and Melissa's cooking! School gear, airport shuttle, everything you'll need at this wonderful place to stay when preparing for your event. "It's really an honor to have people come here from all over the world!" We begin bread school with the one great thing about french bread, it only has four ingredients! Especially for the beginner Melissa gives an outstanding step by step description, "simplicity at it's finest." Tips on yeast, oven thermometers, a funny little fact about the "upper crust" and throwing ice cubs in the oven? A listener mentioned "No-Knead" bread which Melissa says is easy and great. Best ways to store your bread, what not to do, and other flours (avoid bleached flour) you can use for variations, "once you get the hang of making bread you can become an alchemist!" Pictures and recipes are on the Blog. "I want to inspire people to make bread and show how easy it is so they will enjoy it and not be intimidated." Plus with rising food costs, best to "roll your own"!
Listen Now	August 28th, 2008 "Taking the Fear out of Bread Baking" Melissa, a lovely addition to our preparedness series, will teach us how do bake our own bread, but first about her. She wanted to be a performer and did become an actress in L.A. was compared to, and portrayed, Marilyn Monroe roles. She saw the "Bleep" and was so excited, she watched it six times in the theatre, Fom it she knew about Ramtha's school but it sounded like camping, and that was not for her. A mysterious seizure that resulted in several days of coma, coming out of that greatly changed, and a friend who told her if she could handle RSE then so could Melissa. She did and that changed everything. Seeing Ramtha in L.A., and listening to Greg Simmons gave her enough to know how to focus and move to WA in 4 months! "I've never been so passionate about anything in my life!" Now she loves to teach how easy it is to bake delicious bread, even for those afraid of attempting it or having tried and 'failed.' Starting with Irish Soda Bread, great with stew or soup yummm! Very simple ingredients and techniques, it is bread you don't have to plan ahead for, and having a go at it replaces that fear of failure with the joy of your own creation! It's personal evolution with a side benefit of having wonderful bread (Melissa will gently progress us to more goodies.) This is a very fun hour, you can do it, and you will love it! (see link above to her blog with pictures)