Twelve bread 'lessons' from the classic country loaf, to the fundamentals of bread baking: sourdough, slashing, rising, freeform loaves. Forty additional recipes explore other varieties of bread (seeded, whole grain, pizzas, pocketbreads) and baking projects (coffee cake, cookies).
This is a fun, accessible guide to baking bread. Recipes start with basic techniques, building in depth and detail as the user proceeds through the book.
