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Book

Beautiful bread : create & bake artful masterpieces for any occasion

Call Number

  • 641.815 C9676 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, New York ; Rock Point, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2023.

Physical Description

174 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary

Beautiful Bread shows you, step by step, how to bake beautiful, mouthwatering masterpieces for any occasion.

For beginner and expert bread bakers alike, learn how to turn artisan focaccia breads into over 30 showstopping edible creations! Let professional baker and bread artist Theresa Culletto show you how to take your bread baking to the next level by turning rustic focaccia breads into artful masterpieces. In Beautiful Bread, you will not only master how to make four types of focaccia--white, whole wheat, dark multigrain, and sweet--you will also learn techniques for decorating them with vegetables, fruits, herbs, seeds, and more through over thirty stunning bread art projects inspired by flowers, famous artists, nature, and holidays.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Making bread art
  • Essential ingredients
  • Essential tools
  • Essential terms
  • Bread baking tips
  • Making the cut
  • Measuring focaccia dough ingredients
  • Latticework, braiding & stenciling
  • Focaccia dough recipes
  • Basic white focaccia
  • Basic whole wheat focaccia
  • Dark multigrain focaccia
  • Sweet Focaccia
  • Flowers
  • Poppy field
  • Sunflowers
  • Wrapped boquet
  • Spring tulips
  • White irises in a vase
  • Dahlias
  • Cherry blossoms
  • Boquet of calla lilies
  • Echinacea
  • Artist inspired
  • Vincent van Gogh's Irises
  • Georgia O'Keeffe's Open Flower
  • Takashi Murakami's Happy Flowers
  • Pablo Picasso's Faces
  • Wassily Kandinsky's Circles in Squares
  • Claude Monet's Lilly Pond
  • Alma Thomas' Brushstrokes of Color
  • Nature inspired
  • Fall leaves
  • Under the sea
  • Tree of life
  • Wood grain charcuterie board
  • Sandcastle
  • Happy trail mix
  • Solar system
  • Pomegranate
  • Holidays & special occasions
  • Valentine's Day roses
  • Saint Patrick's Day lucky clover
  • Easter basket
  • Thanksgiving cornucopia
  • Christmas tree
  • Cinnamon star
  • Game day
  • Celebration fireworks
  • Additional recipes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the author.

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