“Bread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking Your Own is more than a simple collection of recipes. … Whitley’s recipes demystify the bread-baking process by combining simple ingredients with clear, concise instructions. He thoroughly explains the essential steps involved in making homemade bread and includes a guide to improving your results if things don’t go exactly as planned. … Bread Matters is a book that anyone who loves baking bread should add to their cookbook collection for guaranteed best results.” ––My Gourmet Connection http://www.mygourmetconnection.com/finds-reviews/cookbooks/bread-matters.php
“Everything about Bread Matters, from the book’s stout weightiness to its unadorned cover, telegraphs the comfort of homemade loaves. … After a thorough schooling on leaveners, preservatives, emulsifiers and the like, Whitley offers more than 50 recipes for everything from basic bread to milk bread, rye bread, stollen and ciabatta. The recipes are involved, but if you harbor fantasies of warm loaves on cold days, this is your book.” ––Winston-Salem Journal http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/jan/20/texas-style-spreads-and-homemade-breads/
“If you’re wondering why bread matters and what’s the matter with modern commercially-made bread, Andrew Whitley spells it out in Bread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking Your Own, and he doesn’t mince words. He spends the first 50 pages or so explaining why the commercial bread baking process (specifically in Britain, although I think it largely applies to most industrialized societies) is “a nutritional, culinary, social, and environmental mess.”” ––Wild Yeast http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/12/06/fruit-and-nut/
“It’s really changed my mindset and been a lovely introduction into the bread craft. Because of the thoughtfulness and care with which the book was written, and because of the connection I feel with Whitley’s perspective on baking, I do wholeheartedly recommend Bread Matters.” ––Willow Bird Baking http://bit.ly/sMKsY
“The book is wonderful! If you are planning to dive into a warmth and comfort of home bread-baking, if you are thinking about buying a serious book to begin, trying to choose the best among dozens, let this book to be the one. You won’t be disappointed.” ––Baking Obsession http://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/11/03/sun-dried-tomato-and-red-onion-bread-with-tamari-roasted-sunflower-seeds-and-book-review/
“Whitley’s recipes demystify the bread-baking process by combining simple ingredients with clear, concise instructions. He thoroughly explains the essential steps involved in making homemade bread and includes a guide to improving your results if things don’t go exactly as planned. … Bread Matters is a book that anyone who loves baking bread should add to their cookbook collection for guaranteed best results.” My Gourmet Connection http://www.mygourmetconnection.com/food-finds/editors-picks/bread-matters.php
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