Illus. with drawings by Karl Stuecklen. Jacket. First Edition. NY: Knopf, [1973].
Inscribed & signed by Beard ton the half-title ("Good loafing dear John - Every time").
Covering breads from sourdough to challah, brioche to fruits breads, and Parker House rolls to buttermilk white bread, this classic cookbook brings together simple, easy-to-make recipes from across America and around the world. Written by culinary icon James Beard—the “Dean of American Gastronomy”—and featuring a wonderful variety of different types of bread—plain, whole-meal, and sweetened breads, batter breads, baking powder and soda breads, rolls, flat breads, filled breads, fried breads, and more—as well as a 12-point list of remedies to help you bake a better loaf, this is the only book home bakers need in order to master the art of making bread.
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