Wow! Thanks for all the books. I'm off to the bookstore.

LM (just baked a sweet egg bread with dried cranberries, sprinkled with
almonds - smells wonderful!)


The Old Bear wrote:
> writes:
>
> >From:
> >Newsgroups: rec.food.baking
> >Subject: Good books about bread baking?
> >Date: 12 Mar 2005 12:09:35 -0800
> >
> >I've recently taken up bread baking, and I'd love to find some good
> >recipe books, specifically ones that describe either French bread or
> >"batard" crusty loaf type things. Can anyone recommend a good one?
>
>
> We just moved to a new house after 16 years in our old place. This
> gave me a chance to round up my baking books into one place and do
> a bibliography.
>
> Among the titles below, I think you'll find several books which will
> give you the information which you seek. A good place to start
> might be Joe Ortiz' book "The Village Baker" which provides both
> recipes and techniques.
>
>
> A List of Books about Bread and Baking
> --------------------------------------
>
> America's Bread Book
> Gubser, Mary
> Quill / William Morrow
> 1985
> 0-688-11608-6
>
> The Art of Fine Baking
> Peck, Paula
> Simon & Shuster
> 1961
> 0-67120-611-7
>
> Artisan Baking across America
> Glezer, Maggie
> Artisan
> 2000
> 1-57965-117-8
>
> Baba =E1 Louis Bakery Bread Book
> McLure, John
> Chelsea Green
> 1993
> 0-9636892-0-7
>
> Baglemania - The 'Hole' Story
> Berman, Connie & Suzanne Munshower
> HP Books
> 1987
> 0-89586-624-2
>
> Bake Your Own Bread
> Dworkin, Floss & Stan
> Signet
> 1973
>
> The Baker's Companion
> King Arthur Flour
> Countryman Press
> 2003
> 0-88150-581-1
>
> The Baker's Manual
> Amendola, Joseph & Nicole Rees
> John Wiley & Sons
> 2003
> 0-471-40525-6
>
> Baking Bread: Old and New Traditions
> Hensperger, Beth
> Chronicle Books
> 1992
> 0-8118-0228-0
>
> Baking Bread: Recipes from Around the World
> Ellison, Audrey
> Quintet
> 1995
> 0-7858-0489-7
>
> Beard on Bread
> Beard, James
> Alfred A. Knopf
> 1981
> 0-394-47345-0
>
> Beautiful Breads
> Morris Cookbooks
> SchoolMate
> 2002
>
> The Book of Bread
> Assire, Jerome
> Flammarion
> 1996
> 2-08013-625-9
>
> Bread Machine Recipes
> Publications International
> Publications International
> 1999
> 0-7853-3865-9
>
> Bread Winners
> London, Mel
> Rodale Press
> 1979
> 0-87857-269-4
>
> Breadcraft
> Schafer, Charles & Violet
> Yerba Buena Press
> 1974
> 0-912738-04-9
>
> Breads of the Southwest Hensperger, Beth
> Chronicle Books
> 1997
> 0-8118-0973-0
>
> Celebration Breads
> Oppenheimer, Betsy
> Simon & Schuster
> 2003
> 0-7432-2483-3
>
> Classic Essential Breads and Rolls
> K=F6nemann
> K=F6nemann
> 1999
> 3-8290-1585-2
>
> The Complete Bread Cookbook
> Kaufman, Ted & Jean
> Gramercy / Crown
> 1969
>
> Cookbook of Breads
> Editors of Sunset Magazine
> Lane Books
> 1966
>
> Cooking with Whole Grains
> Orton, Mildred Ellen
> Farrar, Strauss & Giroux
> 1971
> 0-3745-0936-0
>
> Decorative Dough Craft
> Langfeld, Lynne
> Sterling Publishing
> 1996
> 0-8069-9739-7
>
> Easy Baking plus Pasta
> Burns, Claudia & Tom Lacalamita
> Cookbook Resource USA
> 1992
>
> English Bread and Yeast Cookery
> David, Elizabeth
> Biscuit Books
> 1980
> 0-9643600-0-4
>
> Farm Journal's Homemade Bread (1969 edition)
> Nichols, Nell B., ed.
> Doubleday & Co.
> 1969
>
> Farm Journal's Homemade Bread (1985 edition)
> Miller, Alice Joy, ed.
> Galahad Books
> 1985
> 0-88365-875-5
>
> Favorite Breads from Rose Lane Farm
> Roberts. Ada Lou
> Hearthside Press
> 1960
>
> Focaccia - Simple Breads from the Italian Oven
> Field, Carol
> Chronicle Books
> 1994
> 0-8116-0604-9
>
> The Food Processor Bread Book
> Editors of Consumers Guide
> Publications International
> 1980
> 0-671-25138-4
>
> Great Breads
> Shulman, Martha Rose
> Chapters Publishing
> 1995
> 1-881527-61-1
>
> A Guide to Good Cooking with Five Roses Flour
> Brodie, Jean & Pauline Harvey
> Lake of the Woods
> 1954
>
> Homemade Breads
> Home Cooking Library
> Modern Publishing
> 1985
> 0-87449-005-7
>
> Larissa's Bread Book
> Johnson-Coleman, Lorraine
> Rutledge Hill Press
> 2001
> 1-55853-845-3
>
> Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book
> Robertson, Laurel
> Random House
> 1984
> 0-394-53700-9
>
> Natural Baking the Old-Fashioned Way
> Pelton, Robert W.
> A.S.Barnes & Co.
> 1973
> 0-498-01250-6
>
> New Complete Book of Breads
> Clayton, Bernard
> Simon & Schuster
> 1987
> 0-671-60222-5
>
> Our Daily Bread
> Standard, Stella
> Funk & Wagnalls
> 1970
>
> Pita the Great
> Habeeb, Virginia T.
> Workman Press
> 1986
> 0-89480-039-6
>
> Prairie Home Breads
> Fertig, Judith M.
> Harvard Commom Press
> 2001
> 1-55832-172-1
>
> Secrets of a Jewish Baker
> Greenstein, George
> The Crossing Press
> 1993
> 0-89594-631-9
>
> Sourdough Jack's Cookery & Other Things
> Mabee, Jack
> Osborn / Woods
> 1970
>
> The Tassajara Bread Book
> Brown, Edward Espe
> Shambala
> 1970
> 0-87773-025-3
>
> Uncle John's Original Bread Book
> Brau=E9, John Rahn
> Exposition-Banner
> 1981
> 0-682-46876-2
>
> Understanding Baking
> Amendola, Joseph & Nicole Rees
> John Wiley & Sons
> 2003
> 0-471-40546-9
>
> Uprisings: The Whole Grain Bakers' Book
> Whole Grain Educational Assn.
> Uprisings Pub. Co.
> 1983
> 0-9611600-0-4
>
> The Village Baker
> Ortiz, Joe
> Ten Speed Press
> 1993
> 0-89815-489-8
>
> What You Knead
> Esposito, Mary Ann
> William Morrow
> 1997
> 0-688-15010-1
>
> The World Encyclopedia of Bread and Break Making
> Ingram, Christine & Jennie Shapter
> Hermes House
> 2002
> 1-84309-141-0
>
> A World of Breads
> Casella, Dolores
> David White Co.
> 1966
>
> Yesterday's Bread
> Lalli, Carole
> Harper Perennial
> 1999
> 0-06-095314-4
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> Cheers,
> The Old Bear