Build Your Own Earth Oven, 3rd Edition: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves (Paperback)

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Denzer, an artist and builder, creates beautiful wood-fired ovens using the most widely available building material: dirt. Some earth ovens are plain while others are formed into the shape of animals or human faces. Denzer offers an explanation of basic concepts such as material selection, oven location, and design and then guides readers through the construction of their own oven. Earth ovens could be produced most anywhere using Denzer's instructions; he even shows how to build a weatherproof roof. A sourdough bread recipe is included. Appealing to a diverse audience of bakers, outdoor cooks, traditional crafts persons, and perhaps even homeschoolers looking for a project, this title should be part of most public library collections.
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...enjoyable, down-to-earth and sensible....his instructions are clear as rainwater, his advice...intelligent and sound.... -- Petit Propos Culinaires, #70, August 2002

...inspired creativity combined with traditional wisdom....Get a copy and build yourself an earth bread oven. It's that simple. -- www.walnutbooks.com, April 2003

Brief, brisk, artful, and well-written....explains the principles of breadmaking with a few deft strokes.... Graceful, well-detailed, and empowering throughout. -- Permaculture Activist, August, 2004

Creative. Innovative. Brilliant. This is the definitive book on how to build an adobe oven. ...clear and precise instructions... -- www.williamrubel.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Hand Print Press; 3 Rev Exp edition (April 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096798467X
• ISBN-13: 978-0967984674
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,286 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Summer Camp Hit, January 12, 2003

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This review is from: Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves (Paperback)

I ran a summer family camp in July 2002 and built the smaller oven in one day. I had kids from age two to fifty two stomping the clay, sand, hay and water with thier feet. I set fire in the oven on day two and made our first loaf of bread. The directions are easy to follow and was a hit with my fourty campers. I would highly recommend this book. A great family or group activity! Loved it.

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bread, Beauty, and Integrity, December 25, 2000

By	Catherine Knott (Corvallis, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves (Paperback)

Reading Kiko Denzer's book for the second time this December, as I thought about friends who would most enjoy a copy as a present, I was struck again by the artistic beauty and integrity of the book as a whole. Unlike most manuals, Denzer talks about life, not just bread, or ovens, or art.

The sculptural ovens delight the eye; the color photos and flowing drawings inspire. The instructions are clear and suffused with a philosophy of simple, harmonious living. Quotes add an unexpected depth. Finally, the explanation of bread-making science and technique makes a full circle of the various experiences of making, eating, and living.

The design and excellent presentation has drawn positive comments from friends, anthropologists, ecologists, as well as visitors and professional community workers from Mali, Tunisia, Japan, England, Ireland. Another friend, after seeing the book, went home with plans to build an oven for the intentional community where she lives.

As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I helped people build improved cook stoves (out of earth) in West Africa. Now, as an anthropologist, professor, trainer, and returned Volunteer I especially appreciate instructional texts that respect traditions of living within material limits. I would highly recommend this book, not only to home bakers and builders, but particularly to teachers and others who work in community settings.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing!, September 27, 2003

By	robi dawson (Budapest, Hungary) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves (Paperback)

I read the book, and immediately wanted to build an oven.

Wonderfully written and easy to follow. It was so easy in fact that i was able to build my oven, with the help of my 10 year old son over the summer. Man hours totatled about 30. I will now build a friends oven as a surprsie next weekend! IT is that easy!

Read this book and you too will realize that you can indeed built your own oven, easily, cheaply and with fun for all involved.

*Build your own Earth Oven* is simply AMAZING!