Bread Etc.
'A must-read for baking at home, or anywhere ' CHEF DANIEL BOULUD An accessible guide to all things BREAD--from sourdough to yeasted dough, pizza dough and more--by expert bread baker, professor, and chef Matthew James Duffy. Bread Etc. distills the complex art of mixing, shaping, and baking dough into clear explanations and easy-to-read instructions. You'll begin with an overview of bread baking that breaks down every dough mystery, followed by recipes geared to both novice and advanced bakers. In the handsomely designed pages of Bread Etc. you'll find more than 100 recipes for: * Yeasted Doughs: Start here for reliable breads, like Pullman Bread and Challah, and baked goods like English Muffins, Classic Artisan Bagels, and Traditional Pretzels. * Sourdoughs: The thick middle slice of Bread Etc. explains sourdough from the starter up, developing your skills with a Beginner Sourdough before moving on to richer breads like the Marble Rye, a Brown Butter Oat Porridge Sourdough, and even
Sourdough Culture
The essential history of bread baking and sourdough’s rise to a global phenomenon. Sourdough bread fueled the labor that built the Egyptian pyramids. The Roman Empire distributed free sourdough loaves to its citizens to maintain political stability. More recently, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, sourdough bread baking became a global phenomenon as people contended with being confined to their homes and sought distractions from their fear, uncertainty, and grief. In Sourdough Culture, environmental science professor Eric Pallant shows how throughout history, sourdough bread baking has always been about survival. Sourdough Culture presents the history and rudimentary science of sourdough bread baking from its discovery more than six thousand years ago to its still-recent displacement by the innovation of dough-mixing machines and fast-acting yeast. Pallant traces the tradition of sourdough across continents, from its origins in the Middle East’s Fertile Crescent to Europe and then around
