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Brother Juniper's Bread Book: Slow Rise As Method and Metaphor

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This is a very easy to read bread book. It has quirky annecdotes and fun stories. It is written in plain english, so it is easy to read for the first time bread baker. It has an awesome trouble shooting section and great tips. It also has wonderful recipes that taste fantastic. It is truly a book that one can sit down with and finish in a day and come away ready to bake bread with the best. I would truly recommend it for the baker who wants more than just a recipe. It is great for the baker who wants to know why to do it this way as oppossed to that way. It is also great for the baker who just needs some refreshing on a subject. You can easily browse the book and go to a particular chapter and jump right in. I highly recommend it for anyone who want to learn to bake some awesome tasting and wholesome bread!

Bread making is money saving and soul enhancing. I still like to make bread by hand, even though I own a bread machine. And this book helped me make truly delicious French bread. Just wonderful! The reading is also good for your soul. If you have more time than money...

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........A book searching for a cogent thought, and a palatable recipe.

I have never comfortably embraced this author, his recipes, or his mode of expressing himself, and this effort in no way reverses that judgment.

I find his books pedantic and inflated. The aimless text asserts such device as the sound of crust "causing a religious experience." Since he avoids all specific association with a traditional chantry, the context of such contrivances is completely confused and disordered. He speaks as well of channeling and alchemy.

The religiously disjointed text embroiders such balmy combinations as traditional Buddhist expressions indiscriminately combined with those of Tao, along with other platitudinous Eastern religious utterance; he sometimes culminates his thoughts with the lyrics of Van Morison. This book is embarrassingly inane.

The text much reminds me of the old joke "If you can remember the 60's - you weren't there!" The person writing this manufactured artifice superficially speaks to "the great cosmic law," Allah, and Kung Fu all implying a weakness of intellect and conspicuous foolishness.

His recipes are awkward by today's standard. They require much sugar, salt, and commercial yeast. His corn bread recipe calls for one-and-a-half Cups of Sugar! The retarding methods are less than au courant; moreover, he uses volume measurements instead of weight.

This book, as the rock stars it quotes; fails the passage of time.

This book is an absolute treasure for your library. Peter Reinhart is in love with bread and the process of baking. His joy is evident throughout the text; you will be hard-pressed not to succumb to his enthusiasm. If you are looking for only recipes, then this is not the book you want to purchase. If you are looking for something that provides you with an insight into the pleasure of baking, and, also a few recipes, then by all means, purchase this book. It's well worth scouting the used book stores and Amazon Marketplace to purchase a hardcover edition.

It is a must have in your library collection, I feel very fortunate to own this book I just simply love it!
It is very easy to follow and the recipes are perfect.