The next best thing to having a master baker in your kitchen
Rating:
5 / 5
I've had this book for over 8 years and simply put, this is the one bread book all bakers should have in their homes.
There are other books on bread and they certainly have their places, but this is the one you'll come back to time and time again.The well laid-out organization, the amazing variety of bread recipes, the fairly easy-to-follow recipes, and the short but insightful introduction & suggestions preceding each bread recipe all serve to make this a solid book for home baking. But what puts this book above the rest are two things:
1). Each recipe is specifically tailored (retailored) to work well in the home kitchen.
2). The "baker's secret" tips added and highlighted in particular recipes make the difference between a good bread and an outstanding one. Perhaps this isn't a perfect book (ring-bound and laminated, please) and for those who may care, it doesn't cover cakes and the like; however, the baker knows his craft intimately well and laid it all out. The delicious results are a testament to that.
Fantastic
Rating:
5 / 5
You must get this book if you like to make breads. It contains real recipes hardly found anywhere else. If you are from NYC this is doubly true for you. My favorite bread book and I have many.
My bread-making bible
Rating:
5 / 5
I've been making bread for more than 30 years. This book has taught me more about the art than any I used before it. The recipes are excellent (although, be advised, there is a misprint in the Buttermilk Bread recipe--use the proportions set forth in the "bread machine" version, because the standard one doesn't give the right amount of buttermilk), and the advice is absolutely stellar. My breads always tasted just fine--it's hard to make a bad home-made bread--but it took this book to actually make them look professional. Great gift for anybody who cooks, even if they've been breadmakers for years.Susan O'Neill
Author, Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Viet Nam
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