On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:52:34 -0700, US Janet >
wrote:

>On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 08:18:16 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:23:14 -0700, US Janet >
>>wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:06:07 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Janet- for some reason, I could not reply to your Poilane post. Let's
>>>>try again.
>>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>
>>>I don't recall such.
>>>Janet US
>>
>>Google's search of groups is no longer what it once was, alas, and I
>>am not even sure if it came up in a Usenet discussion or one of the
>>oodles of browser based bread groups that I used to haunt. I have
>>pretty much given up on all of them as the years have gone by.
>>
>>I am trying to recall the person who was a big Poilane fan on ABR-
>>Alan Zelt?
>>
>
>Yes, Alan was the big fan I miss him.
>Janet US

Me, too.