Baking Bread At Home: Traditional Recipes from Around the World [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Tom Jaine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1996

Modern bread--the bland, packaged type from the supermarket--just doesn't measure up to the substantial, tasty, and healthy originals developed by generations of bakers everywhere. The owner of the famous Carved Angel restaurant serves up his firsthand knowledge of making the perfect loaf--and proves it's within anyone's grasp. Beginning with information on grains, leavening, mixing, kneading, shaping, and cooking, he then presents 50 easy-to-follow and utterly delicious recipes from around the world. From France, come crusty baguettes and a rustic pain polka, while Italy gives us cakey, tender ciabatta and focaccia. Scotland's specialty is a barley bancock, split into four. Take an unforgettable bite of Indian naan, Portuguese corn bread, Majorcan potato buns, German sourdough rye, sweet Austrian gugelhupf, San Francisco sourdough, New England buttermilk rolls, West Indian roti, and tortillas, bagels, pita, and challah. You'll never buy from a grocery store again!

Editorial Reviews

Review

'A brilliantly succinct bible for would-be home bakers, illustrated by classic recipes from many countries.' -- Philippa Davenport FINANCIAL TIMES --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Tom Jaine has worked as a baker, journalist, restaurant owner (the famous Carved Angel in Dartmouth), food critic (for five years he was editor of the Good Food Guide) and author. Tom Jaine currently lives in Devon, UK. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications (February 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847819337
• ISBN-13: 978-0847819331
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,337,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very good recipes that are not complicated to follow., June 26, 1998

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This review is from: Baking Bread At Home: Traditional Recipes from Around the World (Hardcover)

A very good cookbook. all the recipes that i have tried so far have been successful and are loved by everyone. simple book but with very good results. Definitely a book to be recommended.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A basic book on bread making, February 13, 2002

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Geir Harris Hedemark (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Bread At Home (Paperback)

This is a very short and to the point book. It starts out with a brief history of bread making, and then moves on to different bread types from around the world.

I tend to dislike books like this. What I find lacking is information on what I can and can't do with a recipe, and what can make things go wrong.

Apart from that, the recipes are very nice.