Let me preface this review by saying that I am a fan of Jamie Oliver, but a disappointed one when it comes to this book. Normally, I wouldn't take away so many stars from a book based on just a single recipe, but since this recipe is the basic bread recipe that serves as the master recipe for all the breads in the book, I feel this is justified. My edition of the book lists 2 tablespoons of salt for the basic bread recipe per 2lbs of bread flower. The type of salt is not specified and those of us who bake know that there is a considerable difference between 2 tablespoons of table salt vs sea salt. Just looking at the recipe this amount of salt seems excessive. I followed my gut and made the bread with 2 teaspoons of table salt; the bread came out quite nice. However, I can only assume that had I made it with 2 tablespoons of table salt, it would have come out inedible, along with every other bread recipe in the book.