Bread expert Beth Hensperger has devoted nearly thirty years to exploring baking tradition, both ancient and modern, across the globe. In this easy to follow, step-by-step manual, Beth escorts novices through the basics of baking eight varieties of bread, including a white bread, a whole-wheat bread, and a flat bread.
* Over 50 full-color how-to photos illustrating the fundamentals of bread baking. *Resources section details the tools and ingredients necessary for home baking. *Beth's bread books have sold a combined total of over 250, 000 copies.
Beth Hensperger is the author of six books on bread, including The Bread Bible, Baking Bread, and Beth's Basis Bread Book. She writes a monthly column for the San Jose Mercury News called " Baking with the Seasons", and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.