Customer Review: This really is a lovely book with great instructions. If you are looking for quick or last-minute recipes, this is not the source to go to. On the other hand, if you are looking for a great resource book and find making bread that takes 3 days therapeutic, this book is for you.
Customer Review: I have a Panasonic bread machine and really have had a difficult time making whole grain bread that wasn't heavy and soggyish. Reinhart's idea of making a biga and soaker first is something I would never in a million years have thought of. It worked for me and it really isn't complicated and... more info
Customer Review: This is a very good book and author does a very good job with dough description. However, I find two problems with this book. As a person who really likes to cook I need to know things like the size of eggplants in his recipes. Why does he not indicate the sizes and types. We have many types,... more info
Customer Review: For those familiar with Bob's Red Mill flours, grains, cereals, etc. from the natural foods section of the grocery store, it is tempting to discount this cookbook as "just a commercial" for Bob's Red Mill, Inc. That would be a mistake. It appears that the "Bob's Red Mill(R) Family" likes eating... more info
Customer Review: The recipes in Brother Juniper's book are a real gem! If you are into learning about the intricacies of the author's mind you might also be entertained by the philosophical ramblings, if not, just enjoy the fine recipes. The first recipe I tried, his Three Seed Bread was to die for and I have Energy... more info
Customer Review: What a ripoff! I bought this book solely for the intent of re-creating
the asian sesame chicken salad. This recipe in this book IS NOT, the same as in the restaurant. You have been warned.
This is a very interesting book which sets forth the impact that bread has throughout history, art, religion and politics down through the ages. Beginning with the earliest cultivators of grains through the manmade famines of World War II Jacob details the close relationship that bread has had... more info
Customer Review: this book is a great read and allows yourself to ask questions like .... how did I get where I am spiritually .... Peter has lived a very interesting life ....
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........A book searching for a cogent thought, and a palatable recipe. I have never comfortably embraced this author, his recipes, or his mode of expressing himself, and this effort in no way reverses that judgment. I find his books pedantic and inflated. The aimless text asserts... more info
