 | Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur by Nancy Silverton
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $9.17 The purist's way to learn bread baking. Nancy is obsessed.
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 | Nancy Silverton's Pastries from the La Brea Bakery by Nancy Silverton
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $8.96 Since it's Nancy Silverton, most of the recipes are somewhat involved. The end results are worth it though--rustic yet elegant.
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 | The Village Baker by Joe Ortiz
Buy used from: $21.90 Unfortunately this is out of print. But this was one of the books that started the artisinal bread baking craze in the U.S.
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 | Bread Alone: Bold Fresh Loaves from Your Own Hands by Daniel Leader
Buy new: $24.70 / Used from: $7.68 A serious bread baking book with recipes that are easier to follow and somewhat less time consuming compared with Silverton.
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 | The Bread Bible: Beth Hensperger's 300 Favorite Recipes by Beth Hensperger
Buy used from: $14.00 This is a nice book for the sheer volume of recipes. Most are very easy to make and you don't have to be a serious baker. Down-to-earth.
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 | Baking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers by Dorie Greenspan
Buy new: $21.60 / Used from: $13.20 Julia assembled today's top bakers and had them share their most prized recipes. Absolutely wonderful and essential. Most recipes have a moderately high level of difficulty.
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 | How to Bake: Complete Guide to Perfect Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Tarts, Breads, Pizzas, Muffins, by Nick Malgieri
Buy new: $28.50 / Used from: $1.02 Nick is just great. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of baking that is surpassed by none. Plus, the recipes are presented in an easy-to-follow format. Easier recipes.
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 | The Best Bread Ever: Great Homemade Bread Using your Food Processor by Charles Van Over
Buy used from: $17.21 The inventor of food-processor bread, his work was supported by the Cuisinart company. Hard to believe, but the results are incredible. Even Pepin is a fan!
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 | The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread by Peter Reinhart
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $20.52 Brother Juniper's books are essential for artisinal bread baking.
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