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Boron Elgar[_1_] Boron Elgar[_1_] is offline
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Janet- for some reason, I could not reply to your Poilane post. Let's
try again.
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>Hey Boron, I was surprised by the reviews of this book. After
>reading some of the comments I can understand why. Apparently the
>author, Apollonia Poilne , has decided to include starter recipes
>from yogurt, and spiking sourdough recipes with yeast. Nothing
>ultimately wrong with those approaches but certainly not what was
>expected in a book about such a venerable bakery.
>What a disappointment. I was all set to purchase the book and settle
>down to some serious emersion in bread baking.
>Janet US



Wasn't this revealed at some point in the past? I seem to recall the
founder, Lionel, having a book some years ago and there was either
something in the book or the online bread groups were gossiping.

But...Graham, do you recall anything about his?