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It reflects on new dietary restrictions such as the increasing occurrence of gluten intolerance and diet-related diseases such as diabetes and aims for a rich bud conscious combination of ingredients. The word authentic has been overused by food writers, who have turned it into a catch¬all in praise of just about anything that tastes good. But whenever I see this word, another similar word springs to mind—author—and the food I recognize as authentic is real food that is unmistakably its creator’s own, as genuine as a handwritten manu¬script.”
You will mostly find recipes that suit beginner’s levels, but in some cases, this book also works with advanced methods and techniques you’ll have to practice a bit before mastering them to your satisfaction – especially if you are a perfectionist. And make sure to pay attention to the kitchen notes and lessons-learned (such as On Grains) they add to each recipe and in between chapters. Since we cannot learn until we admit what we don’t know/are not able to do, this book poses a great opportunity to everybody, who enjoys a challenge in the kitchen. However amazing, I still fear that if you come to this book without any basic knowledge, it might overwhelm you. Therefore, I would recommend watching a series of YouTube videos introducing you to sourdough, such as Baker Bettie’s ( https://bakerbettie.com/understanding...), and then try Robertson’s. If photographs/words don’t really work for you, another blogger/YouTuber, The Regular Chef, has filmed this very same recipe, showing you all the steps clearly ( https://theregularchef.com/basic-sour...). This book, its layout, the pictures, the recipes and the atmosphere it offers its readers practically scream “village bakery-quality from loving hands”. I just can’t get over how beautifully rustic this book and its content is. The recipe are saliva-inducing masterpieces that are not always meant for inexperienced hands, I have to admit that. I’m seriously considering getting the hardcopy of this one. If you want to understand the whole chemistry, the ins-and-outs of sourdough bread-baking from Tartine's perspective and with its history weaved in, then it's a beautiful, lengthy, well-illustrated read for that purpose.
I have read quite a few books on baking bread, especially French style and sourdough, and put many of them into practice. Many of the authors (not this one) succeed somehow by trial and error without apparently having much grasp of the subject. A dead give away, for starters, is any sourdough recipe that finds the need to add dried yeast and/or sugar, only necessary to cover the cook's incompetence and inability to do the job properly. Discard these recipes immediately. Chad's recipes seems to encapsulate, in one book, all the good tips I learned from other recipes, and none of those I had personally discarded in my search for the perfect recipe. One peek into Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson's sensational cookbook whisks you into their popular Tartine Bakery and reveals everything you need to know to create their superb recipes in your own home." –Flo Braker, author of The Simple Art of Perfect Baking and Sweet Miniatures The bread at San Francisco's legendary Tartine Bakery sells out within an hour almost every day. At 5 P.M., these rugged, magnificent loaves are drawn from the oven. The first cut yields steam and room-filling aroma, exposing an open and tender interior underneath the burnished, substantial crust. This distinctive bread was developed by renowned baker Chad Robertson over a decade of working with one of the finest artisan bakers in the United States and France, followed by another decade baking solo in a small wood-fired oven on the coast of Northern California. The following for this singular bread far exceeds the bakery's limited daily production. Queue finding everything about how to create a ‘starter’, the joy when it becomes active (and of naming it - Tamagotchi), and finally trying to bake a loaf, which came out not bad at all. When I got to Chad Robertson’s book, I’d already learnt quite a bit and I think that helped a lot. Robertson's method explains everything. The photographs are beautfully artisitcic and instructive. And, wonderfully, it costs the baker way less muscle work to make sourdough breads. When your sourdough rises into a fluffy bilious mass of very soft dough, instead of kneading by pushing it away from with the heel of your hand, you delicately and deftly run your hand underneath the dough, grab it with your fingers and then pull upwards ever so gently, trying not to pop any bubbles appearing under the surface. Now, fold the dough, laying it delicately over the top. Voila! This sourdough will rise for you.
Maybe what you're wondering is if you need to buy the new Tartine cookbook if you have the original version? My answer: own both! There is so much to love about both books and enough that is different so that I think you can justify having two. Not to mention that the Gentl + Hyers photos in the revised edition are magical! Whether you're a novice or a master baker there are recipes to suit every urge and fancy. I'm looking forward to trying more recipes from this book -- the morning buns and croissants look amazing. Pastry chef Elisabeth Prueitt's work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, and Travel & Leisure, and she has appeared on the television program Martha Stewart Living. Bread making the Tartine Now it's your turn to make this bread with your own hands. Clear instructions and hundreds of step-by-step photos put you by Chad's side as he shows you how to make exceptional and elemental bread using just flour, water, and salt.
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Baking has been keeping me entertained these days (! I know) and somehow the whole sourdough ‘thing’ got to me, as well as a couple of online friends. Down the rabbit hole we went LOL I had to deduce that all by myself and fail hard the first few times, as for example my first loaves got ready for baking around 3am, so by the time I actually got to baking them, they turned into a deflated mess. As for the cookbook, itself, I enjoyed the introduction from Alice Waters. I do admire bakers who make artisan breads and pastries. I was irritated by some of the general statements that are given in some individual recipes such as “in country x, y and z, THIS AND THAT cake is the most popular” and I just went uhhh, no, it actually isn’t?
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