The Bread Book: More Than 200 Recipes and Techniques for Baking and Shaping Perfect Breads, Sweet and Savory Muffins, Rolls, Buns, Biscuits, and Piz
Oppenneer has been teaching bread making for more than 30 years, and her experience and expertise are readily apparent in this thorough guide. Her descriptions of techniques are excellent and authoritative but unintimidating. The sections on equipment and ingredients are equally good, and the recipes are wide-ranging and mouthwatering. She includes lots of unusual ethnic specialties, many from Scandinavia and middle Europe as well as good old American Parker House Rolls and other classics. Joe Ortiz's The Village Baker ( LJ 12/92) and Daniel Leader and Judith Blahnik's Bread Alone ( LJ 10/15/93), both important titles, are for the dedicated bread baker; Oppenneer's book will tempt any cook who likes to bake. Highly recommended.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.