>From: Jerry D <KELE@aloha.net>
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 21:12:29 -1000 (HST)
>Subject: Newcomer with a question
>
>Aloha. I'm brand-new to the list and not even brand new (as yet) to bread
>baking. I want to learn the manual method. Have NEVER baked bread before in
>my life and want suggestions as to a full-on book on the subject....the BEST
>one any or all of you have seen. Cost is no object. I simply want the most
>thorough text in print.
Jerry,
In my opinion, the best books on my shelf for bread-baking are:
_The New Complete Book of Breads_, by Bernard Clayton
_Secrets of a Jewish Baker_, (can't remember author's name)
_The Breads of France_, by Bernard Clayton
Hope this helps,
Joan