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Brother Juniper's Bread Book

Brother Juniper's Bread Book
By Br. Peter Reinhart

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This classic guide to artisanal bread is back with a fresh new look, just in time to take advantage of the recent surge in popularity of at-home baking. As an award-winning baker and member of a religious brotherhood, Peter Reinhart skillfully blends the two aspects of his life in this eloquent guide to creating wonderful bread. More than 30 delicious recipes, from perfect white bread to pumpernickel and corn, will appeal to both the novice and experienced baker. Reinhart’s graceful commentary accompanies readers every step of the way, and illustrates how the artistry of baking, especially using the slow-rise method, is a metaphor for a purposeful life driven by service and charity. Cookies, sticky buns, stromboli, pizza crust, and “the world’s greatest brownies” are some of the delectable dividend recipes included.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #49279 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-11-07
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 208 pages

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About the Author
Peter Reinhart is a lay brother in the Christ the Savior Brotherhood, an eastern orthodox service order. He is the author of the James Beard Award-winning cookbook Crust & Crumb and the editor of the chapter on bread in the revised edition of Joy of Cooking. After teaching breads for four years at the California Culinary Academy, he is now a faculty member at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Customer Reviews

Awesome recipes! ...wordy book :>)4
The recipes in Brother Juniper's book are a real gem! If you are into learning about the intricacies of the author's mind you might also be entertained by the philosophical ramblings, if not, just enjoy the fine recipes. The first recipe I tried, his Three Seed Bread was to die for and I have Energy Cookies in the oven as I write.

A spiritual approach to bread5
This book has fabulous and easy to follow recipes along with Brother Juniper as a spiritual guide through the bread making process. His enthusiasm for making bread and finding the perfect blend of flavors has helped me achieve some of the best bread I have made yet. I highly recommend this book for reading and for making bread.

Zen & the Art of Baking4
I've been baking bread for about 6 or 7 years now -- spurred by the desire to have good, affordable, SAFE bread for our nut-allergic son. I quickly moved from the bread machine to the KitchenAid to making whole wheat sourdough loaves by hand each week as the family staple. Increasingly, I try to embrace a 'less is more' approach in the kitchen.

I picked up the hardcover version of this book a little over two years or so ago, and really enjoyed it -- but not for the recipes (tho' there are some intriguing ones here). Mostly too complex for my liking.

Rather, I was captured by the author's infectious love of and approach to baking. Mr. Reinhart wrote this volume with a solemn candor tempered by wit and humor. I found (and find) it wonderfully refreshing.

So ... delighted with the purchase but, paradoxically, more from a philosophical than a culinary perspective.