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Baking Artisan Bread: 10 Expert Formulas for Baking Better Bread at Home

Baking Artisan Bread: 10 Expert Formulas for Baking Better Bread at Home

by Ciril Hitz

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A superb collection of more than 800 recipes drawn from both America's rich past and new culinary discoveries. It's the Bible of baking, considered by many as the most thorough baking book on the market. The highly readable, easy-to-follow text explains the whys and hows of baking and makes it easy for even the beginner to achieve delicious results in the kitchen. Line drawings throughout.

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Original Publisher
Quarry Books
Date of publication
2008
ISBN
1592534538

Features & Stories

Behind the Cookbook: Baking Artisan Bread and Baking Artisan Pastries and Breads

Behind the Cookbook: Baking Artisan Bread and Baking Artisan Pastries and Breads

Ciril Hitz is one of the leading figures in artisan bread. Fellow baker Peter Reinhart, himself the author of several important works on this subject—and who previously taught alongside Hitz at Johnson & Wales University—calls him “a master craftsman and a true artisan”.In this piece for our Behind the Cookbook series, the author describes how and why he wrote these books, and highlights a number of bread and pastry recipes that offer a good starting point for anyone looking to improve their bread baking skills.

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Nick Malgieri

Pastry chef

No glitz or glamor here: just excellent breads made from accurate and easy to follow recipes. Having apprenticed in Switzerland, his native land, he brings all the accuracy and precision that makes Swiss baking so good.