Working with yeast dough is a pleasure, not a mystery. Mary Ann's easy-to-follow techniques give you confidence and ensure success with every baking endeavor. Using just the foundation ingredients of water, yeast, and flour, you'll be surprised by the wide range of possibilities: Make delicious and eye-catching pizzas; snack on fragrant, crusty focaccia; enjoy savory and hearty pot pies...and that is just the beginning. "What You Knead" is the bread book that the home baker can call a friend. Mary Ann Esposito offers you a clear and diverse selection of recipes that are almost effortless. Along the way, step-by-step technique photographs demonstrate the basic building blocks for making dough. With more than 50 recipes and over 170 tantalizing color photographs, this is a must-have for anyone interested in the simple methods of working with yeast doughs.
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Mary Ann Esposito is the author of the best-selling Ciao Italia, Nella Cucina, and Celebrations Italian Style. She is the host of the PBS television show Ciao Italia. She lives in New Hampshire.
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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I love watching Mary Ann Esposito on her cooking shows. Recently, I saw her making the double foccacia pizza, and thought it would be tasty. So when I went to the library I was happy to see that they had the book, and took it out. For me this is a good way to test drive instructional books, and see if they are worth buying.
This book is divided into three sections. You have recipes using a basic pizza dough, a sour dough, and a sweet dough.
So, I made the recipe for the double foccacia pizza. I followed the instructions carefully for a Kitchen Aid Mixer,using the flour she suggested and weighing it. I wasn't able to make two 16" rounds with half of the dough. The pizza came out very crusty almost like a cracker. My family didn't particular like the taste. The stuffing was fine though, but you have to like the taste of vinegary foods. With the other half of the dough, I made a basic pizza, it was just o.k.
I've had great success with other recipes like The Frugal Gourmet's Chicago style pizza, and from the book "Classic Italian Cooking" for vegetarians.
I didn't want to take the time to make any more recipes to see if they would work. Perhaps, you will have better success!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Beth Propper
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a very good book for learning how to make dough for bread, pizza, pastries,etc. There are pictures in the books which are very helpful. The book arrived quickly, in excellent condition with a plastic cover on the book jacket.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As always Mary Ann tells it like it is, easy to follow and great fun when you start eating your own bread.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By ceannoying
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I used to watch Ciao Italia all the time when I lived in NH. I just discovered the program on my local PBS station and started watching again. Esposito's recipes are easy to follow and, barring operator error, come out just as they should.
By Bev Schmidt
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I used friend's book and it was well worn. Need my own copy. Will be watching the mail every day!
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love to make bread and my wife and I teach some bread baking courses at the Viking Cooking School in Atlanta. Mary Ann Esposito is an outstanding cook and baker. Her video guides are easy to follow and provide helpful understandable information. I have made several of her bread recipes and plan to make many more.
9 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
This book makes it so easy to bake bread. The three basic recipes are so versatile.
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