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Modernist bread / Nathan Myhrvold, Francisco Migoya ; photography by Nathan Myhrvold and The Cooking Lab photography team.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bellevue, WA The Cooking Lab [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 6 volumes : colour illustrations ; 34 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780982761052
  • 0982761058
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.815 MYH
Contents:
v. 1. History and fundamentals -- v. 2. Ingredients -- v. 3. Techniques and equipment -- v. 4. Recipes I -- v. 5. Recipes II -- v. 6. Kitchen manual. v.1. History and fundamentals. History of bread -- Microbiology for bakers -- Bread and health -- Heat and energy -- The physics of food and water -- Further reading -- v.2. Ingredients. Making bread -- Grains -- Flour -- Leavening -- Functional ingredients -- Ingredient preparation -- Further reading -- v.3. Techniques and equipment. Fermentation -- Mixing -- Dividing and shaping -- Final proofing -- Scoring and finishing -- How bread bakes -- Baking -- Cooling and serving -- Further reading -- v.4. Recipes I. Lean breads -- Enriched breads -- Rye breads -- Brick-like breads -- v.5. Recipes II. Flatbread and pizza -- Bagels, pretzels, and bao -- Gluten-free breads -- Bread machine breads -- Further reading -- Historical books and cookbooks -- Photographs and illustrations -- Glossary -- Basic recipes -- Reference tables -- Resources -- The Modernist Cuisine team, acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: "Making good bread is both an art and a science. Modernist Bread is a 2,642-page celebration of that and more, including bread's future. The culmination of over four years of nonstop research, photography, experiments, writing, and baking, modernist bread isn't just about new recipes, though, it's about the way we think of bread from the ground up. In the space of five volumes plus a recipe manual, this groundbreaking set tells the story of one of the world's most important foods in new and different ways. Inside this book you'll discover the science, history, cultures, and personalities behind bread, along with tools you can use to shape its future. Learn what really happens when dough is mixed, new techniques for working with preferments, strategies for making bread in any kind of oven, and innovative approaches to developing flavor--all through more than 1,200 recipes and variations to master and inspire."-- Publisher's web site.
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<p>Volumes 1-5 are hardcover and 34 cm each, Volume 6 is spiral bound and 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index in volume 5.</p>

"Making good bread is both an art and a science. Modernist Bread is a 2,642-page celebration of that and more, including bread's future. The culmination of over four years of nonstop research, photography, experiments, writing, and baking, modernist bread isn't just about new recipes, though, it's about the way we think of bread from the ground up. In the space of five volumes plus a recipe manual, this groundbreaking set tells the story of one of the world's most important foods in new and different ways. Inside this book you'll discover the science, history, cultures, and personalities behind bread, along with tools you can use to shape its future. Learn what really happens when dough is mixed, new techniques for working with preferments, strategies for making bread in any kind of oven, and innovative approaches to developing flavor--all through more than 1,200 recipes and variations to master and inspire."-- Publisher's web site.

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