Bread Book

Linda Collister has a long history of producing top notch books, and this is one of her best! I am delighted it is now available in paperback, and as a baking intructor with a Cordon Bleu affiliated school I highly recommend this book to my students. The recipes range form traditional to modern and always come out beautifully.

I have the hard-cover of this book, and it is permanently opened on my kitchen counter. I started baking breads about 5 years ago, and i've had a hard time finding books that don't over-simplfy or over-complicate the process. i love the illustration showing how your bread will look when brushed with egg, milk, oil, etc. i enjoy seeing bakers from around the world proudly displaying their favorite loaves. unlike a lot of bread books, this one does not attempt to trump up ordinary loaves with pricey ingredients. so put away your saffron and sun-dried tomatoes, and get ready to bake some fantastic loaves for which you'd pay an arm and a leg at the bakery.

This book is the best I've seen and has been highly recommended by the college that I attend for all students to purchase it, the rercipes are easy to follow and the picture refererences really help me to create the doughs. Only good things have been said about the products we have created from this book.

I first bought this book in the early 1980's and had lots of fun making all kinds of breads from all around the world. Somehow I lost this book and have been looking for a replacement ever since. This is an excellent book containing many different types of bread - ordinary loaves and even crumpets and oat cakes. I found the recipes easy to follow and they worked! I'm not sure if this latest edition will have bread maker additions, but even without that it's worth the purchase. Enjoy!