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He was educated at Kingswood School (1955–1959) and at Balliol College, Oxford where he studied Modern history (1961–1964).
(Convinced that modern bread did not measure up to the sub...)
Convinced that modern bread did not measure up to the substantial, tasty and healthy originals developed by generations of bakers in Europe, Asia and the US, Tom Jaine constructed a traditional wood-fired brick oven and began baking loaves for his local village. This book is a distillation of his incredible knowledge and proves that baking delicious bread is an art anyone can master. From kneading the dough to baking it, Tom Jaine first covers the essential techniques of baking, explaining what needs to be done, when and why. Then, in a round the world baking tour, he guides us through the variations in these techniques that have produced the many breads available today. This excellently priced, critically acclaimed home cookery classic is regarded as one of the most user-friendly books on bread ever written.
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Prospect Books’ best seller is this handy instruction manual for the breadmaker and DIY enthusiast showing how to build a bread oven in the yard or garden. Together with detailed plans (which do not omit a single block or brick) and a step-by-step specification, the book doubles up as an essay on English bread baking in previous centuries, with special reference to the hardware, equipment and working methods. The book was first published in 1997 and has had an annual printing since then. It sells at much in America as it does in Britain, although British sales have definitely increased in the last few years. There are other books on the subject, but few give as much historical context. The history of bread is something which is almost entirely ignored in current literature, greatly to its disadvantage.
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This is a new revised edition with different photographs and some new recipes.Making bread is one of the most fundamental acts of the home cook. Successful bread making cuts you free from dependence on supermarkets, mass produced sliced whites and all the dross of the modern bakery trade. It also fills your house with the most delectable aromas. Many people find it both liberating and calming: almost an act of meditation before the stove. All these reasons must have contributed to the remarkable rise in home bread making in the last twenty years. After an introductory chapter setting the whole business in context, there are five sections covering French breads; Italian breads; British breads; European breads; and American breads, with a final section ranging the world to offer such things as Ethiopian Injera and Guatamalan sweet buns.
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He was educated at Kingswood School (1955–1959) and at Balliol College, Oxford where he studied Modern history (1961–1964).
He worked as an archivist from 1964 to 1973 and a restaurateur from 1974 to 1984. From 1984 to 1988, he organised the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, and in 1993 he became the proprietor of Prospect Books: a prize-winning publishing company specialising in food and food history. From 1989 to 1994 he was also editor of the annual Good Food Guide.
He is the author of four books and has written for The Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and many other newspapers and magazines.
He has presented The Food Programme and appeared on it many times, has done interviews for the British Broadcasting Corporation, British Broadcasting Corporation television, and Independent Television, and a series of programmes about food and cookery in the Balkans for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4.
(Convinced that modern bread did not measure up to the sub...)
( Prospect Books’ best seller is this handy instruction m...)
( This is a new revised edition with different photograph...)
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