Teaches the twelve stages of building bread through step-by-step, illustrated instructions for the home baker, with updated baking techniques and fifty master formulas for such classic breads as challah, ciabatta, focaccia, and English muffins.
In this new edition, Peter Reinhart shares his latest bread breakthroughs for classic breads such as ciabatta, kaiser rolls, English muffins, and Swedish rye.Never one to be content with yesterday's baking triumph, Peter Reinhart continues to refine his recipes and techniques in his never-ending quest for extraordinary bread. In this revised edition of his beloved and bestselling classic, he further perfects his recipes by adding metrics and conversion charts, incorporating baker's percentages into the recipes, and updating methods throughout. With an updated resource section, this will surely continue to be the go-to bread baking book for amateur and professional bakers across the country.