Bread Sculpture

Download or read book Bread Sculpture written by Ann Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instructions & diagrams for making twenty-two imaginative sculptures from innovative bread doughs.

Download or read book Sourdough Sculpture written by Barrett Williams and published by Barrett Williams. This book was released on 2024-04-19 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the alluring world of "Sourdough Sculpture," where the timeless tradition of bread making meets the finesse of fine art. Whether you are a seasoned baker or an aspiring artisan, this eBook offers a rich tapestry of techniques and inspirations to elevate your sourdough craft to stunning new heights. Embark on an enriching journey into the essence of sourdough, where its journey from humble ingredients to breathtaking works of edible art unfolds. Explore the very core of sourdough's allure, learning the secrets behind mastering dough tension, fermentation, and proofing - essentials that pave the way to creating exquisite loaves that tantalize the senses. Transform ordinary baking into an extraordinary art with detailed chapters on decorative shaping techniques, where scoring, stenciling, and creative inclusions of seeds and nuts become your tools to craft loaves that are as visually stunning as they are delicious. Delve into the science of dough composition, adapting hydration levels and flour types to achieve the perfect canvas for your sculptural creations. Discover the joy of crafting your very own signature loaves, where personal shaping styles and unique interpretations of classics such as bâtards, boules, baguettes, and ciabattas reflect your individual artistry. Seasonal showpieces and festive designs inspire you to celebrate every occasion with a tailored touch, offering loaves that tell a story and become the centerpiece of any gathering. Troubleshooting common shaping challenges has never been easier with expert tips to overcome any obstacle, ensuring that your artistic integrity shines through in every bake. Advanced hydration techniques unveil the influence of water content on your sourdough sculptures, introducing you to the nuance of crafting high-hydration doughs. "Sourdough Sculpture" is not just about creating stunning bread—it's about nourishing the soul. This captivating eBook connects the dots between sourdough creativity, mental well-being, and the meditative quality of bread shaping. It celebrates the vibrant community of artisan bakers, fostering learning experiences and shared wisdom through workshops that expand the boundaries of bread artistry. And as the future unfurls, it keeps you abreast of the latest trends and technology shaping the world of artisanal bread. This journey doesn't end when the bread cools; the book guides you through preserving and presenting your masterpieces in ways that do justice to their beauty and effort. Savor the transformation of flour, water, and salt into sculptures of splendor. "Sourdough Sculpture" is more than an eBook—it's a passport to a world where every loaf is a masterpiece, and every baker is an artist. Welcome to your next baking adventure!

Download or read book Poilâne written by Apollonia Poilâne and published by Harvest. This book was released on 2019 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, Poil0/00ne, CEO of the Poil0/00ne bakery, provides detailed instructions so bakers can reproduce its unique "hug-sized" sourdough loaves at home, as well as the bakery's other much-loved breads and pastries. Beyond bread, Poil0/00ne includes recipes for such pastries as tarts and butter cookies. cookies.

Download or read book Breaking Bread written by Martin Philip and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 New England Book Festival "I bake because it connects my soul to my hands, and my heart to my mouth."—Martin Philip A brilliant, moving meditation on craft and love, and an intimate portrait of baking and our communion with food—complete with seventy-five original recipes and illustrated with dozens of photographs and original hand-drawn illustrations—from the head bread baker of King Arthur Flour. Yearning for creative connection, Martin Philip traded his finance career in New York City for an entry-level baker position at King Arthur Flour in rural Vermont. A true Renaissance man, the opera singer, banjo player, and passionate amateur baker worked his way up, eventually becoming head bread baker. But Philip is not just a talented craftsman; he is a bread shaman. Being a baker isn’t just mastering the chemistry of flour, salt, water, and yeast; it is being an alchemist—perfecting the transformation of simple ingredients into an elegant expression of the soul. Breaking Bread is an intimate tour of Philip’s kitchen, mind, and heart. Through seventy-five original recipes and life stories told with incandescent prose, he shares not only the secrets to creating loaves of unparalleled beauty and flavor but the secrets to a good life. From the butter biscuits, pecan pie, and whiskey bread pudding of his childhood in the Ozarks to French baguettes and focaccias, bagels and muffins, cinnamon buns and ginger scones, Breaking Bread is a guide to wholeheartedly embracing the staff of life. Philip gently guides novice bakers and offers recipes and techniques for the most advanced levels. He also includes a substantial technical section covering the bread-making process, tools, and ingredients. As he illuminates an artisan’s odyssey and a life lived passionately, he reveals how the act of baking offers spiritual connection to our pasts, our families, our culture and communities, and, ultimately, ourselves. Exquisite, sensuous, and delectable, Breaking Bread inspires us to take risks, make bolder choices, live more fully, and bake bread and break it with those we love.

Download or read book The Bread Baker's Apprentice, 15th Anniversary Edition written by Peter Reinhart and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Death Gone A-Rye written by Winnie Archer and published by Kensington Cozies. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Northern California seaside town of Santa Sofia, a killer is trying to get a rise out of baker’s apprentice Ivy Culpepper . . . Vincent van Dough focaccia is being touted on Instagram as the best thing since sliced bread. By strategically placing chives, olives, and yellow peppers to look like poppies and sunflowers, bakers create a mouthwatering masterpiece in the style of the great postimpressionist painter. At Yeast of Eden, where bread making has always been an art, they’re baking their own version for the school district’s Spring Fling. But one person won’t be tasting the Mexican bakery’s latest specialty. Ambitious school board president Nessa Renchrik has been murdered. Like the rest of this close-knit community, Ivy is shocked. But she’s just as surprised to discover her beau—restaurateur Miguel Baptista—had his own fling with Nessa back in the day and now the police have this half-baked notion he might have killed her. It’s up to Ivy, her boss Olaya Solis, and eighty-six-years-young Penelope Branford to separate the wheat from the chaff to determine who the real culprit is . . . INCLUDES RECIPES!

Download or read book Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day written by Peter Reinhart and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned baking instructor distills professional techniques down to the basics, delivering artisan bread recipes that anyone with flour and a fridge can bake with ease. Reinhart begins with the simplest French bread, then moves on to familiar classics such as ciabatta, pizza dough, and soft sandwich loaves, and concludes with fresh specialty items like pretzels, crackers, croissants, and bagels. Each recipe is broken into "Do Ahead" and "On Baking Day" sections, making every step—from preparation through pulling pans from the oven—a breeze, whether you bought your loaf pan yesterday or decades ago. These doughs are engineered to work flawlessly for busy home bakers: most require only a straightforward mixing and overnight fermentation. The result is reliably superior flavor and texture on par with loaves from world-class artisan bakeries, all with little hands-on time. America's favorite baking instructor and innovator Peter Reinhart offers time-saving techniques accompanied by full-color, step-by-step photos throughout so that in no time you'll be producing fresh batches of Sourdough Baguettes, 50% and 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaves, Soft and Crusty Cheese Bread, English Muffins, Cinnamon Buns, Panettone, Hoagie Rolls, Chocolate Cinnamon Babka, Fruit-Filled Thumbprint Rolls, Danish, and Best-Ever Biscuits. Best of all, these high-caliber doughs improve with a longer stay in the fridge, so you can mix once, then portion, proof, and bake whenever you feel like enjoying a piping hot treat.