The best of all the cookery books devoted to bread baking. For almost fifteen years it has been known around the world as the "bread bible". It contains 140 recipes, from baguettes, through various kinds of wholegrain bread and bread made from coarse semolina wheat flour, to Italian yeast breads such as focaccia. It presents a whole range of baking techniques at every stage of bread making, from creating a sourdough starter to decorating the finished loaf.