Product Description

"The Handmade Loaf" contains more than 80 contemporary European bread recipes that will teach you the techniques used to turn grain into beautiful bread, using your hands as the perfect kitchen tools to combine and shape dough with.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #907039 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Review
"As fresh and as mouth-watering as a loaf straight from the oven... the author's own step-by-step photographs are genuinely educational." Jenni Muir, The Independent Review "(Lepard's) supreme skill is his empathy with people who bake, from grandmothers using ancient ovens to cutting-edge chefs." Sheila Keating,The Times Magazine "It oozes knowledge, curiosity and love for its subject... I doubt a better book will be written on the subject for a few years to come." Tom Jaine, The Guardian

About the Author
Dan Lepard is the most talked about baker in Britain. He has baked for some of the the country's top restaurants, including St John's, Locatelli's, The French House, Mezzo and The Fat Duck at Bray. His first book, Baking with Passion, the Baker & Spice baking book, was published in 1999.

Customer Reviews

Real easy sourdough
I've been baking my own bread for over 20 years & have used everything; cuisinart, kitchenaid, bread machine & keading till I drop. Lepard's mininal, intermittent kneading beats them all, hands down AND makes the best bread. Moreover, he tells you how to raise a starter that doesn't involve wasting pounds and pounds of flour or finding a vineyard with organic, unsulfured grapes. The recipes are secondary. This is a gem of a book.

One of my favorite books on bread baking!
Love this book! The photos are wonderful, the recipes are delicious. They are all artisanal loaves that taste like they come from village bakeries around the world. In fact Dan selects countries throughout Europe and does a profile on the bakery, with beautiful photos - it's like stepping back to the old world. From one of the best bakers in England, and an amazing photographer comes a very beautiful and useful bread baking book. I own about 15 bread books and this is one I pull out again and again for those great artisanal loaves!

Absolutely great.....
I've had this book for almost two years - this was THE book that got me into serious bread baking. Once I made my own starter following his method, and got used to the rhythm of feeding it, I never looked back.

his method of minimal kneading is well explained, the photos are gorgeous, the book is a pleasure to read.

A must-have for any person really interested in bread baking.