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The Art of Baking Bread: What You Really Need to Know to Make Great Bread
Author(s): Matt Pellegrini (Author)
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- Publication Date: 16 Feb. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 1616085371
- ISBN-13: 9781616085377
Book Description
Sidestep years of unrewarding trial and error and learn to bake like a master with one comprehensive book. With over 230 color photographs, more than 150 detailed step-by-step instructions covering basic to advanced techniques, over 200 tips and sidebars filled with invaluable information and troubleshooting advice, plus clear explanations of ingredients, equipment, and the entire bread-baking process, “The Art of Baking Bread: What You Really Need to Know to Make Great Bread” will teach you to work, move, think, anticipate, smell, feel, and, ultimately, taste like an artisan baker. “The Art of Baking Bread” accomplishes what no other book has – it teaches the secrets of professional bakers in language anyone can understand. Matt Pellegrini offers home cooks confidence in the kitchen and precise, easy-to-follow blueprints for creating baguettes, ciabatta, focaccia, brioche, challah, sourdough, and dozens of other delicious rolls and loaves that will make you the envy of your fellow bakers-professional or otherwise. This title features 238 color photographs.
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About the Author
Matt Pellegrini, a lifelong home baker and cook, is the co-author of Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon, which includes an entire chapter on mastering the art of chuck wagon cooking. In addition to a career in writing, Matt has worked as a strength coach, carpenter, litigation attorney, public policy analyst, and many things in between. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
