Bread - Softcover

Treuille, Eric; Ferrigno, Ursula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756618894 ISBN 13: 9780756618896

Publisher: DK, 2007

Synopsis

Step-by-step photographic sequences and easy-to-follow instructions take the guesswork out of baking bread in a stunning cookbook that features more than one hundred delicious recipes for a variety of international bread specialties, along with guidelines on mixing, kneading, shaping, and baking bread and an illustrated guide to essential ingredients and equipment. Reprint.

About this title

Review:

Take one French food authority and author, one Italian food authority and author, give them a subject like bread and a publisher like Britain's Dorling Kindersley, and the result can't help but be one of the more engaging books on bread and bread baking. DK Publishing is of the seeing-is-believing school of cookbooks, and this philosophy works particularly well in their Ultimate Bread. The opening plates of the world of bread are enough in and of themselves to drive anyone--beginner or expert baker--right into the kitchen.

The "Baking Essentials" section shows and explains the differences in various kinds of flour, wheat and nonwheat, as well as the basic ingredients (yeast, oil, eggs, salt--not a long list) and tools. The "Basic Techniques" section shows you exactly what dough should look like in the various stages of bread production. The photos are so thick with color you can almost touch and smell the dough.

But the majority of the book is dedicated to recipes. Here you will find Country Oatmeal Bread, French Baguettes, Pretzels, Ciabatta, Pain aux Noix, Brioche, Nan, Pita, Corn Bread, and Challah. There are dozens of breads in all, from the very basic to the festive. And finally, there's even a section devoted to problem solving--although the biggest problem you may have is deciding which recipe to start with. --Schuyler Ingle

From the Back Cover:

A practical, illustrated Guide to the art of making bread, with more than 100 delicious recipes. Superb recipes for breads of all kinds made accessible to the home baker by innovative how-to photography and easy-to-follow text. A mouthwatering visual gallery of classic breads from around the world. Written by two authors whose boundless enthusiasm for their subject will inspire the reader to head straight to the kitchen and start baking.

About this edition

• Publisher: DK
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0756618894
• ISBN 13: 9780756618896
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168