Baking Secrets from the Bread Monk: Tips, Techniques, & Bread Lore - Softcover

Garramone, Dominic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1681060809 ISBN 13: 9781681060804

Publisher: Reedy Pr, 2017

Synopsis

Whether you’re famous for your cinnamon rolls, a newbie baker or just love culinary trivia, you’ll find this book hard to put down. Father Dominic, “The Bread Monk” of public television, has collected his favorite tips and tricks for baking, like how to choose the best pans, what to add to yeast to make it work faster, and the easiest way to roll out pizza crust. Baking Secrets from the Bread Monk includes substitutes for common ingredients (yes, you can make your own self-rising flour), hints for kitchen organization and storage, and a plethora of fascinating historical facts and kitchen wisdom. What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who invented pretzels? What’s the point of those slashes in a baguette? Father Dominic will put you in the know.

About this title

About the Author

Father Dominic Garramone, OSB is a monk of Saint Bede Abbey in Peru IL. He was the host of the PBS cooking show Breaking Bread with Father Dominic from 1999 to 2001, and has written seven cookbooks. Fr. Dominic shares his knowledge of all things bread through bread demos throughout the country and is also an online baking instructor for Craftsy.com. His "Breadhead Minutes" are aired on PBS and YouTube. Father Dom says he got his culinary education "between my mother's kitchen, PBS and the public library." You can find out more at his website www.breadmonk.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Reedy Pr
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1681060809
• ISBN 13: 9781681060804
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 210