Brother Juniper's Bread Book: Slow-Rise as Method and Metaphor

It's a very good primer. From theory to practice, with illstrative recipes and personal anecdotes; this is a great book for someone who is intereseted in either starting, or improving, their basic repetoire; and gaining confidence in how to bake breads.

This is perhaps the most relied upon cookbook of all the cookbooks I own. I absolutely adore it. Up until I purchased this book, I could not for the life of me create a bread that was anywhere close to edible(ok, that might be an exagerration, but for the sake of this review.....)Once I tried Brother Junipers slow rise method, I knew that I would never go back to store bread.The recipes are simple, and the resulting bread is divine. If you are to have only one bread book, this should be the one.

This is possibly my favourite cookbook of all in my collection. I was privilledged enough to have baked cakes for Brother Juniper's San Francisco Restaurant before it closed and this brought back alot of my fondest memories. I always regretted never having gotten recipes for the muffins and breads so when I saw this book I just had to have it. I have read the book from cover to cover over the last few days and challenge anyone to refrain from buying a pantry full of ingredients after reading this book!! It is all you need to motivate you to make bread - something most of us shy away from. Brother Peter writes from the heart and from his obvious love of making bread. The secret ingredient in baking is always love and this is evident in Brother Peter's book. Having eaten Brother Juniper's breads I can say that the effort is more than worth it. You'll never want any other bread again.

This is a very easy to read bread book. It has quirky annecdotes and fun stories. It is written in plain english, so it is easy to read for the first time bread baker. It has an awesome trouble shooting section and great tips. It also has wonderful recipes that taste fantastic. It is truly a book that one can sit down with and finish in a day and come away ready to bake bread with the best. I would truly recommend it for the baker who wants more than just a recipe. It is great for the baker who wants to know why to do it this way as oppossed to that way. It is also great for the baker who just needs some refreshing on a subject. You can easily browse the book and go to a particular chapter and jump right in. I highly recommend it for anyone who want to learn to bake some awesome tasting and wholesome bread!

A very interesting book to read, notwithstanding the recipes. I purchased it on the advice of a chef from whom I took a bread baking class. She told told me it was the best and cheapest bread book she ever bought... not an exaggeration. The recipe for Struan bread alone made it worth purchasing. If you like this one, he has a new bread book out titled "Crust & Crumb: Master Formulas For Serious Bakers". Needless to say, I had to have that one too!