About this title: The owner and chef of L.A.'s famous and successful La Brea Bakery reveals her magical recipes, adapted for home bakers. Before the baking even begins, Silverton takes the reader through the wonder of bread alchemy, then introduces readers to a wide range of recipes which range from the whimsical to the sublime. 25 photos.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679409076ISBN:0679409076
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The top half of the jacket is lumpy, suggesting it may have been wet. The top outer edge of the pages has darkened slightly from contact with dust and there are a few splatter stains, but the interior is clean. Two pages have a bumped top corner but the rest have no creases, tears or writing. The book is in better condition than it might sound. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679409076ISBN:0679409076
Description: Illustrated. Very Good in Very Good Unclipped jacket. A bright, tight edition. DJ is uncut; clean & colorful w/lightest of rubbing to edges. Text is firmly bound; a bit of a bump to corner; clean, unmarked pages throughout. read more
Edition: First Edition (stated)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard Books, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679409076ISBN:0679409076
Description: F in VG+ jacket. Larger format hardcover with dust jacket. A bright clean copy inside, no owner markings. Dj has light rubbing at top tips and spine ends (no tears). Overall Fine/Very Good + condition. read more
Description: Fine. 0679409076 Very light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages like new condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard 1996
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679409076ISBN:0679409076
Description: ISBN 0679409076. Hardback. Second printing. Very Good condition book, with slight dustsoiling to top edge of book, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges, slight dustsoiling to jacket edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679409076ISBN:0679409076
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0679409076. BRAND NEW! Ships immediately with free delivery confirmation. Not ex-lib. Not a remainder. Dust jacket is protected by new Brodart clear polyester cover.; 1.1 x 9.3 x 7.2 Inches; 260 pages. read more
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Clean. Tight binding. Excellent condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard Books, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679409076ISBN:0679409076
Description: Fine in fine jacket. Recipes for the Connoisseur. Hardcover in dust jacket. Large 8vo. Later printing. Book and unclipped jacket are in Fine, unused condition. 260 pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard Books, New York
Date Published: c1996
ISBN-13:9780679409076ISBN:0679409076
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. bright shiny brand new. Unknown printing. (acidfree paper) xxvi, 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. stated 1st edition read more
"Nancy Silverton was first brought to my attention in an essay covering the compulsive nature of baking sourdough bread, and led right to this book which is essentially a comprehensive guide on the road to that obsession.
And that's why I haven't started...baking. I finished Silverton's book, and it's fantastic and frightening to any baker. It doesn't help that the thing itself is think as a phone book, printed on heavy beige paper (that looks a lot like parchment paper straight out of the oven), and features moody, black and white photos that'd be a better fit in a celebrity coffee table book.
And then there's Silverton, who is comprehensive in her descriptions and recipes. She takes thirty pages just for the prep work and materials and then another ten to walk through the starter. Finally, she gets to the first bread and takes twenty pages to cover the recipe. I'm thankful. Any less information, and I wouldn't be able to tackle a project like this.
But I'm not ready for the sourdough commitment: keeping the starter alive everyday, maintaining a daily baking schedule. So it'll have to wait, but I'm glad this book will be there to guide me."
"Such an inspiring book. I love how Nancy sees this table staple as art and the creation of bread as almost reverent. If you are looking for a bread book that creates a loaf in an hour or less, this is not the book for you. True earthy, artisan baking. Beautiful."
"I think I might read this more for pleasure than I do to cook with it. This is my favorite book about sourdough -- the science, the method, and the art. Silverton's writing is both accessible and interesting. She takes you through how to make your own starter from flour, water, and grapes; how to maintain it; and how to use it in exciting and unexpected ways. Having a starter is like having a pet, though, so I've only done it once, but it was really fun!"
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