What You Knead [Hardcover]

Mary A. Esposito (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 20, 1997

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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About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks; 2 edition (August 20, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688150101
• ISBN-13: 978-0688150105
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #892,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for me, September 2, 2000

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This review is from: What You Knead (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!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, November 9, 2008

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Beth Propper "Kfna" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What You Knead (Hardcover)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All you will nede to know, November 7, 2008

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Nicholas Capozzi "jaguarboy" (the gold coast of L.I.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What You Knead (Hardcover)

As always Mary Ann tells it like it is, easy to follow and great fun when you start eating your own bread.