bread book utopia

The bread bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum is a treasure-trove of wonderful recipes.  Here is Rose’s take on bailys, a Jewish-heritage soft and chewy bun with onion filling. Onion and poppy seed bialys 2 cups (10.5 ounces/300 grams) bread flour (high-gluten is preferred) 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup plus 2 [...]

Here are some videos with Rose Levy Beranbaum outlining her hints and tips for great bread making.

The bread bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum When this bread book came out in 2003 it created a storm.  It polarised people into lovers or haters of the Beranbaum approach to bread making.  The lovers bought it for their friends to spread the love ever-wider; the haters used it as a doorstop rather than inflict [...]