Name: The bread baker's apprentice
ISBN: 9781580082686

The bread baker's apprentice

Co-founder of the Brother Juniper's Bakery in Sonoma, California, author and instructor at the world's largest culinary school, Reinhart has been a leader in America's artisanal bread movement for 15 years. Here he shares his latest bread breakthroughs, and walks readers through the 12 steps of building great bread, his clear instructions accompanied by over 100 step-by-step photos.

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bombcarNov 2022

Anyone who is interested in bread (and wants to try baking) I highly recommend getting or reading The Bread Baker's Apprentice: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250188/the-bread-ba...

It's jam-packed with recipes and history and works surprisingly well (there's even a "steam oven imitation" recipe that is quite nice.

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samchengMay 2021

I'd like to recommend "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" as a next-level bread book. Full of recipes, techniques, photos, and history.

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kinghtownAug 2020

Bread Baker's Apprentice is a great book which will teach you everything. Peter Reinhart, the author, in general is a great resource for bread making.

You kind of have to embrace the random factor in bread making and develop a feel for it. A cake recipe is a far more mechanical process, just follow the instructions and it will work. Bread is more chaotic for sure (like, maybe it's a very humid day and your flour is heavier with water than usual) but it's not like pulling a slot machine.

My first few loaves were mediocre, some were bad, but after about 5-10 it came together. And now, like I wrote earlier, I make money baking. Anyone can do it, just treat it like a weird little hobby with no pressure at first.

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chris_stMar 2020

Thanks to another bread discussion on HN, I'm a very happy user of Peter Reinhart's Whole Wheat breads and Bread Baker's Apprentice books.

He does something similar with the overnight soaker/poolish/biga recipes, which have been highly successful in improving my whole-wheat bread. Is this similar, or a different technique worth trying?

Thanks!

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kop316Oct 2019

If home baking interests you, I have three suggestions:

- Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish

- The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart

- The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion

Having never baked anything complex before, those books have been amazing in learning how to bake. The bread is amazing and tastes as good as a small bakery.

Ken Forkish also makes a book called "The Elements of Pizza" and shows you how to make Italian, NY, and several over styles of pizza too. That in my opinion is a must have book if you want to make Pizza.

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atomiOct 2019

If you're going to get one book on bread The Bread Baker's Apprentice is a good one. But if you get two, it should be The Taste of Bread - though it is more geared toward professional baking.

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