Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 641.815 EAN: 9781580082686 ISBN: 1580082688 Label: Ten Speed Press Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2001-12 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Sales Rank: 1182 Studio: Ten Speed Press
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread
I am taking an Artisan Bread baking course and The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread is a great beginning for any novice bread baker. Peter Reinhart explains clearly about the how-to of bread making. The recipes and instructions are easy to understand and follow. Anyone using The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread will never buy bread in a store or bakery again. There is nothing like the smell of freshly mixed yeast dough and the aromas in your kitchen once the bread comes out of the oven. There are also simple and delicious recipes for foccacia and pizza. So, get your kids involved as well.
A classic must have if you want to be a truly great bread baker
First off, that scathing one star review..throw it away. The poster sounds like a person who failed baking school and works in a low quality/mass producing corporate bakery.
Now..for a review.
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread is a MUST HAVE for anyone who wishes to learn to make great bread. The author explains the process from start to finish with many great tips he learned from years of professional experience. He will show you the way to create bread so good, you will have people ask you what bakery you got it at.
I will say, however, that if you are looking for a book that is "bread making made easy!!", this is not it. The formulas take some time, attention and effort to accomplish; you have to put your time in. You will ... Read More
Really, quite good.
I'm not going to make you read a tome just to find out what i think. The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread has such a wealth of knowledge to help you improve your bread baking skills. The formula instructions are clear and easy to understand. The only drawbacks that The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread brings are in it's quality of publishing. The book was published in China, it is hardcover but, the cover stock used is very weak and flexes under the weight of the book.
Just wanted to let you know that the quality of the information surpasses the quality of the book itself.
Marvellous
This is a really good book makes it easy to create a great loaf and explains the methods really well
Actual Breads just ok
It would be nice if there were some points on what to do next time if your bread doesn't turn out as planned. All of my breads turned out much heavier than illustrated in diagrams. My Italian & Ciabatta breads were better but nothing like shown in the pictures (Those use 100% bread flour). The Ciabatta bread did not require a window pane test so I was hoping that would come out better, in case I wasn't really passing it, even though I thought I was.
The Lavash Crackers show different shades and textures. Mind came kind of the same except were the thinner parts were somewhat over done. In general it was too thick, bread like. I thought I rolled it out to more than 15" x 12" he called for but adjusted for the fact I held back ... Read More
