The bread baker's apprentice
mastering the art of extraordinary bread
by Reinhart, Peter. · first published 2001
92% recommend8% neutral
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A recipe-driven bread guide covering techniques, formulas, and background history. It is a strong next step for home bakers ready to move beyond basic loaves.
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If home baking interests you, I have three suggestions: - Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish - The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart - The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion Having never baked anything complex before, those books have been amazing in learning how to bake. The bread is amazing and tastes as good…
on “Baking a Better Loaf of Bread” ↗Tartine Bread http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0811870413 The Bread Baker's Apprentice http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1580082688/ref=mp_s_a_1?pi=SL7...
on “Ask HN: What are your best 'cooking for hackers' links, books and tips?” ↗…Culinary Institute of America. Either or. Confections: Chocolates and Confections by Peter Greweling. Bread: Either Jeffrey Hamelman Bread: A Baker's book of techniques and recipes or Peter Reinhart The Bread Baker's Apprentice. Reference: Dictionary Of Flavors. Literally a Dictionary of anything culinary related. Useful on those rare occasions.
on “Ask HN: What are the best textbooks in your field of expertise?” ↗Thanks to another bread discussion on HN, I'm a very happy user of Peter Reinhart's Whole Wheat breads and Bread Baker's Apprentice books. He does something similar with the overnight soaker/poolish/biga recipes, which have been highly successful in improving my whole-wheat bread. Is this similar, or a different technique worth…
on “Introduction to tangzhong (2018)” ↗Bread Baker's Apprentice is a great book which will teach you everything. Peter Reinhart, the author, in general is a great resource for bread making. You kind of have to embrace the random factor in bread making and develop…
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on “Ask HN: Good books?” ↗Another good book is The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart. If you're also into homemade pizza, his book American Pie is also great.
on “Make your own sourdough” ↗Love that book! Just got Bread Baker's Apprentice too. With you completely. My 10-year-old niece is on-board, telling me about how we're going to do this next week. I'm pretty sure I'd miss programming too much though.
on “Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?” ↗If you're going to get one book on bread The Bread Baker's Apprentice is a good one. But if you get two, it should be The Taste of Bread - though it is more geared toward professional baking.
on “Baking a Better Loaf of Bread” ↗I'd like to recommend "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" as a next-level bread book. Full of recipes, techniques, photos, and history.
on “Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?” ↗Anyone who is interested in bread (and wants to try baking) I highly recommend getting or reading The Bread Baker's Apprentice: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250188/the-bread-ba... It's jam-packed with recipes and history and works surprisingly well (there's even a "steam oven imitation" recipe that is quite nice.
on “French baguette gets Unesco heritage status” ↗It looks like Reinhart has it at 65% for both the pâte fermentée and the bread itself in "Bread Baker's Apprentice" and the simple recipe in "Every Day" is about 67%. I consider him an expert, but some of his stuff is fussier than I want to deal with at the moment.
on “Analyzing a Baking Recipe” ↗