Bread: Cooking with bread

If you are taking the time to make your own bread, or even if you have leftover store-bought bread, there is no need for any waste. Bread is such a universal food that recipes using stale bread abound. Thrifty cooks the world over are inventive with their precious loaves, whether that means a scattering of crunchy breadcrumbs for texture, or building an entire dish around it. From the simple but glorious Italian tomato dish Pappa al Pomodoro, to the Lebanese Fatoush Salad, rich, fresh, and more expensive ingredients are extended by the inclusion of bread, and balanced by its starchy presence. The dessert course is equally inventive – find here several versions of the comforting classic Bread & Butter Pudding. Or try the unusual sounding and surprisingly wonderful Brown Bread Ice Cream. This collection forms part of An introduction to Bread.