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WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD AND IACP AWARD • Learn the art of bread making through techniques and recipes for making pizza dough, challah, bagels, sourdough, and more!
 
“For the professional as well as the home cook, this book is one of the essentials for a bread baker’s collection.”—Nancy Silverton, chef and co-owner, Mozza Restaurant Group
 
Co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniper’s Bakery, author of ten landmark bread books, and distinguished instructor at the world’s largest culinary academy, Peter Reinhart has been a leader in America’s artisanal bread movement for more than thirty years. Never one to be content with yesterday’s baking triumph, however, Peter continues to refine his recipes and techniques in his never-ending quest for extraordinary bread.
 
In this updated edition of the bestselling The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, Peter shares bread breakthroughs arising from his study in France’s famed boulangeries and the always-enlightening time spent in the culinary college kitchen with his students. Peer over Peter’s shoulder as he learns from Paris’s most esteemed bakers, like Lionel Poilâne and Phillippe Gosselin, whose pain à l’ancienne has revolutionized the art of baguette making. Then stand alongside his students in the kitchen as Peter teaches the classic twelve stages of building bread, his clear instructions accompanied by more than 100 step-by-step photographs.
 
You’ll put newfound knowledge into practice with fifty master formulas for such classic breads as rustic ciabatta, hearty pain de campagne, old-school New York bagels, and the book’s Holy Grail—Peter’s version of the famed pain à l’ancienne,  as well as three all-new formulas. En route, Peter distills hard science, advanced techniques, and food history into a remarkably accessible and engaging resource that is as rich and multitextured as the loaves you’ll turn out. In this revised edition, he adds metrics and temperature conversion charts, incorporates comprehensive baker’s percentages into the recipes, and updates methods throughout. This is original food writing at its most captivating, teaching at its most inspired and inspiring—and the rewards are some of the best breads under the sun.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; Revised edition (September 6, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1607748657
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1607748656
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.48 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.39 x 1.17 x 10.28 inches
Reviewer: Zach Nathan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Must Own Book For Any Bread Baker (Beginner to Experienced)
Review: Simply one of the best written bread baking books out there. It's time tested (I ordered the 15th anniversary edition) and approved by hordes of fans. If you already own the original copy you might not need the newest edition. However, it does include 3 new master recipes (on top of the previous 50 or so), and a big new section on sourdoughs (aka wild-yeast starters). The sourdough section is rather simple, but like the rest of the book it's well written in a friendly and understanding tone (you don't ever feel pretentiousness or "my way is the only way"). Below are the reasons you should consider this book based on your baking experience:Beginner baker (little to no experience, but lots of interest): This book teaches you the fundamentals of solid baking and breaks everything down into easy-to-understand steps that can be applied to all baking. These steps are critical knowledge to becoming a good baker and not having to rely as heavily on recipes (and being able to adjust based on variables). The book is written well, easy to understand, has a friendly tone, and very much feels like it's written for the home baker with the understanding that sometimes you have to work with what you have (e.g., not everyone has a la cloche or dutch oven). The book also uses a decent amount of pictures to show you how things should look, and each recipe feels like it is personalized by Reinhart, often times including notes for changing the recipe. By simply following any recipe in this book (and the recommended techniques) you will create a bread that amazes friends and family (and probably yourself). This book represented a major shift in my understanding of the baking process and has helped me (in less than 6 months) go from a simple recipe follower to someone who can create his own bread based on learned knowledge and techniques.Somewhat experienced baker: With some experience you'll be able to use this book to it's fullest extent. The recipes may not blow your mind as an experienced/somewhat experienced baker, but they are all delicious and reliable. The techniques and approach to teaching the recipes and techniques is what makes this book shine for me. If you have felt like you were struggling to take your baking to the next level or to really understand the how/why behind baking techniques and recipes, then this book is for you! This book will help you better understand and combine techniques (provided you have learned others to combine with) as well as improve your understanding of recipes. It sets the stage for a leap into expert level baking.Highly experienced baker: As an experienced baker you won't find this book to be ground breaking, but it could teach you a few tips and tricks you may not have known. Reinhart does a great job of adding notes to recipes that tell you how to adjust/change things up. He also does an amazing job of breaking down all the steps of baking (all 12 of them) and explaining what they are and how they are applied in different bakes (some combine/skip steps). The techniques portion of this book offers interesting professional approaches tried and tested by Reinhart but seems to fully accept (and even occasionally mention) that there are other techniques/recipes/etc. The recipes in this book are solid, and you'll find them to be tasty and appealing (although as an experienced baker you may already have preferences for other recipes). The sourdough section won't blow your mind, but it's a useful refresher. I would not recommend purchasing this book solely for the sourdough section.Wrap-up: Combining this book's recipes and techniques with other books I've read/am reading has allowed me to exponentially improve my baking techniques and understanding. Reinhart's writing style and teaching style come through in this book, you can tell it was written by a teacher and someone who loves baking (not one or the other, but both!), and for that reason I love it.

Reviewer: Dusty White
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy enough to follow for the beginner, but really a textbook on bread
Review: Wow. I got in over my head. I understand the words in this book, and I can follow the recipes and the advice; but wow, this is a LOT of information. I bought this book because it has a great recipe for pizza dough and is supposed to teach you the "Zen" of bread (and pizza dough). It does that, but it does so much more. This book is not for the casual user. It is easy to read, but it sucks you in and converts you into a bread snob (something I aspire to be now that I know there is so much cool stuff to know!)The book breaks down like this: A few stories, a whole bunch of bread theory, and recipes. It shows you how, but also why. It really is a book for "the apprentice," and it is written by a master who fearlessly credits his mentors, sources, and even rivals. This is interesting id you have **time** but I just wanted a killer recipe for pizza dough, and having scoured the Internet I found that you have to go to the source: the "bread mastah's." I am VERY happy to have this book, but I am angry that it shows me how much there is to know and challenges me to stop what I am (happily) doing and spend time learning about bread. Bread, it turns out, is like wine. You can drink wine, but there is an endless supply of information about the complexities of wine, and grapes, and how the weather affects grape production, and how soil affects the grape, and how all of this goes into each year's crop (vintage) of wine.Yaaargh!! It is information overload! Look: If you want to make a kick-ass cake, buy a box of mix and go to town, but if you have the insane desire to make the kind of goodies we all pay too much for at cafes and bakeries, this is the book for you. It is NOT hard. The ingredients are in your local store it turns out, and Amazon sells whatever is not, so you are covered. It is not expensive, and this book shows you a lot of cheats, in case you don't have all of the super fancy bread making equipment and specialty ovens (and whatnot). You may have to use a little ingenuity but if you have a toaster oven you can make (very small batches of) GREAT bread, dinner rolls, pastries, pizza, and whatever. This book is not at all "microwave friendly" (just so you know) -- you DO need an old-fashioned "oven" of some sort, but bread making is a passion, and a tasty one! This book is intimidating. It is a brick: big, and thick, and heavy, and written by a guy who really knows his stuff. But I read through it. Hint: you can skip around and STILL get great results. You do want to read the basics though, because by understanding the basics of bread you know how to improvise and use what you have to get great results. It really is a great book, and it has satisfied my need to know about bread. I can stay with this book, and a handful of recipes, and improve EVERY meal I make, all without having to do a lot of study. This is a lifetime skill (just being able to make bread from scratch without a lot of fuss) and it provides instant rewards (you get to eat the bread). I cannot recommend this book highly enough--but just beware that it will try to take over your brain. It is a wealth of information and cunningly seductive in its methods of creating a desire in you to be some kind of ninja baker.Hope this helps. Thanks for reading 🙂

Reviewer: XiaoQin Yang
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The book begins with some basic knowledge of bread making and following with different recipes. Useful and practical.

Reviewer: Dennis Nielsen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Sou fá do autor, livro muito bom, didático, com muitas receitas é dicas para quem curte fazer pães.

Reviewer: Hoogte verschil te groot / geen stop bovenaan de staaf
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Dit boek is goed geschreven en biedt een heel duidelijk overzicht van de bak mogelijkheden

Reviewer: Humayun khan chef
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: My opinion should be more books related bakery and Pastry

Reviewer: Lucas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Pretty much good book with proper explanations. Makes you want to bake bread by yourself and become self-sufficient. Became very useful especially during 2020/2021 lockdown.