The Bread Bible
by Rose Levy Beranbaum
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Book Reviews of The Bread Bible
Book Review: Frustrating
Summary: 2 Stars
1. I have exactly followed a number of recipes with consistently poor results. This MAY be because I live in Australia and Australian flour is different to American flour. Still, since this book is distributed in Australia, it should be ensured that recipes work here as well.
2. At a minimum you would expect a recipe book to give you exact overviews as to ingredients and time needed. However, in a number of recipes that I tried, what was stated in the 'overview' was grossly out of touch with what was stated in the actual recipe. Thus, by a brief glance at the recipe I'd be told the resting time was 1h, only to find out later (too late) that the recipe also included overnight resting etc.
Book Review: Excellent results, even from a novice
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not a professional baker by any stretch. I had made a few loaves of bread before reading parts of this book, and they came out ok. Kind of dense, tasting similar to a store-bought loaf.
This book changed all that. Not only does it describe the steps involved in making good respectable artisan loaves, it has a lot of information on how to perform various tasks -- folding, punching down, shaping, etc -- that are kind of glossed over elsewhere.
The recipes are fantastic, provided that you measure ingredients by weight, don't improvise, and follow the darn instructions. But if you're willing to invest a little bit of time into the venture, you get mighty tasty results.
Book Review: A good place to start......
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book to be very helpful for myself as I am a novice at breadbaking. The instructions and illustrations are a good substitute in lieu of personal instructions and I was able to cultivate my own wild yeast in a few days longer than was stated in the book. The chemistry behind yeast and other ingredients was very useful in aiding me to comprehend the science of baking. I did find that I needed to read and re-read sections as sometimes the text went off in a different tangent. I guess that's why she named it "The Bread Bible". I will use this book as the benchmark for selecting other bread cookbooks as I find the concise instructions invalueable when you don't know what your doing.Book Review: One of Several that are Necessary...
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bread Bible is an excellent book; one of several that you should purchase if you are serious about baking breads in your home. I particularly like Rose's section on equipment that one should buy - just make your purchases prior to beginning the bread baking journey. The other feature that I find invaluable is her dual presentation - measurements in both weight and volume are presented. The formatting of each recipe is excellent and of real value during the baking process. I've tried two recipes from this book; both were good, but not the best that I've found. I'm still of the opinion that if I could only purchase one book, Bernard Clayton's would be the volume of choice.Book Review: Excellent book for home bakers of all levels
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Bread Bible" is is an excellent book for home
bakers of all levels. Written by the author of the highly
popular "The Cake Bible," Ms. Beranbaum completes the coverage
of baking (well, almost, because she still needs to write
"The Cookie Bible"). All the bread recipes are very accessible,
and produce consistent results. Although geared towards the
amateur home baker, the recipe quantities are presented in
both volumetric and percentage formats for advanced bakers.
The writing is easy and unassuming, with personal
anecdotes providing a personal connection to the writer.
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