The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread | Peter Reinhart

The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread | Peter Reinhart | Marvellous

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	The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread Peter Reinhart Ten Speed Press, 2001 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 184 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniper?s Bakery in Sonoma, California, author of the landmark books Brother Juniper?s Bread Book and Crust & Crumb, and distinguished instructor at the world?s largest culinary school, Peter Reinhart has been a leader in America?s artisanal bread movement for over fifteen years. Never one to be content with yesterday?s baking triumph, however, Peter continues to refine his recipes and techniques in his never-ending quest for perfect bread. In THE BREAD BAKER?S APPRENTICE, Peter shares his latest bread breakthroughs, arising from his recent pilgrimage to study in several of France?s famed boulangeries and the always-enlightening time spent in the culinary academy kitchen with his students. First you?ll peer over Peter?s shoulder as he learns from Paris?s most esteemed bakers, people like the brothers Poilâne and Phillippe Gosselin, whose pain ancienne has revolutionized the art of baguette making. Peter then walks readers through the twelve steps of building great bread, his clear instructions accompanied by over 100 step-by-step photographs. Then it?s on to over 50 new master formulas for such classic breads as rustic, chewy ciabatta, hearty pain de campagna, old-school New York bagels, and the book?s Holy Grail?Peter?s version of the famed pain ancienne. En route, Peter distills hard science, advanced techniques, and food history down into a remarkably accessible and engaging resource that is as rich and multitextured as the loaves you?ll turn out. This is original food writing at it most captivating, teaching at its most inspired and inspiring?and the rewards are some of the best breads under the sun.

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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.

This book 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 also have to learn the basics of bread making science-nothing too heavy but there will be a few concepts you have to learn.

If you like baking, get the book, hop in, and go for it!

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Marvellous

This is a really good book makes it easy to create a great loaf and explains the methods really well

Really, quite good.

I'm not going to make you read a tome just to find out what i think. This book 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 this book 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.

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I like

I like the book, it's different than any other bread book I have and now merging recipes from other bread baking books and this one, its helps shake things up a bit. My only complaint is some of the measures are still in volume and not weights. How much does 1 TSP weigh? If I'm going to weigh the flour I should also weigh the yeast.

Over all I LIKE this book.

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 more than half to try to make a pita, not sure what he mean't by "paper thin".

It is inspirational, if only my breads actually turned out better. I have cooked for awhile, but this is my first attempt at bread.

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