Tartine Bread

Forthehomeorprofessionalbread-maker,thisisthebookoftheseason.ItcomesfromamanmanyconsidertobethebestbreadbakerintheUnitedStates:ChadRobertson,co-ownerofTartineBakeryinSanFrancisco,acitythatknowsitsbread.ToChad,breadisthefoundationofameal,thecenterofdailylife,andeachloaftellsthestoryofthebakerwhoshapedit.HedevelopedhisuniquebreadovertwodecadesofapprenticeshipwiththefinestartisanbakersinFranceandtheUnitedStates,aswellasexperimentationinhisownovens.Readerswillbeastonishedathowelementalitis.Ahundredphotographsfromyearsoftesting,teaching,andrecipedevelopmentprovidestep-by-stepinspiration,whileadditionalrecipesprovideinspirationforusingupeverydeliciousmorsel.,