Sarah E. Myers

This is a wonderful cookbook; if you are a bread baker, or would like to be, it is one of the most useful guides I've ever seen. Instructions are particularly clear, and it captures the natural magic of making your own bread, without trying to make the whole process either so mystical or so scientific that it puts off the novice. The range of recipes is wide--everything from basic cornpone and yeast breads to caramel pecan rolls and graham crackers, including bagels, pita, scrapple and spoon bread.… (mer)