English Bread and Yeast Cookery

Elizabeth David again writes a richly researched and thoughtful book on English bread. The historical side is fascinating, and the recipes and general instructions are both useful to the experienced baker and easy for the beginner to understand. Highly recommended.

Not just a cook book this covers how bread is made and some of the social implications. A very good read. It does concentrate a bit on the bread industry in England but that is presented in an interesting manner.

Veramenteun bel libro, interessante, pieno di informazioni anche storiche. Più di un ricettario, un libro di storia. Ricette equilibrate e valide. Curioso ed interessante

This a super book, if you want to make good tasty bread, this is the book for you. It is quite thick and there are no fancy pictures, just loads of tips and down to earth information. Eg: How to double up a recipe to batch bake - you don't need to double the amount of yeast you use. How to work out the amount fresh or dried yeast to use, etc. I had just bought another book about bread making, but found it useless. I tried 4 recipes in it and all were a disaster. I then read the reviews here and thought I would give Elizabeth David a try. I am so glad I did, I haven't had a failure yet. In fact I have just got a Rye Loaf from my oven and it looks scrummy. Oh! bye the way, this is not a book about making bread in Bread Machines, just lovely bread by hand.

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