MASTERING BREAD

As so many people are turning to bread making during this lockdown, there couldn't be a better time for this new book from Marc Vetri, a master of the artisan bread movement. MASTERING BREAD is a comprehensive guide to making incredible bread at home, featuring more than 80 delicious recipes.

This book includes Marc Vetri and Claire Knopp's beloved recipes for both sourdough and yeasted loaves. The process of bread making is broken down into three easy-to-digest chapters: Mix, Shape, and Bake. Another chapter called Eat includes recipes for enjoying your bread in dishes like Bruschetta, Panzanella, Strata, and Ribollita. There's even a bonus chapter revealing the secrets of Vetri's coveted Panettone. This book shares everything that Vetri and McWilliams have learned over the years about the art and science of making incredible bread. They explain how to use fresh milled flour as well as local and regional wheat varieties with easy instructions for adapting bread recipes for success with whatever flour is available. Included throughout are bios and interviews with grain and bread producers.

MASTERING BREAD is a master class from an award-winning chef who makes world-class artisan bread easy to bake for both home cooks and professionals alike.

Trained in Bergamo, Italy, by some of the region's most noted chefs, Marc Vetri is the chef/owner of Pizzeria Vetri, Vetri Ristorante, Osteria, Amis, and Alla Spina, all located in Philadelphia. He has also opened a series of restaurants in partnership with Terrain, with locations in California and Texas. Vetri was named one of Food & Wine's Ten Best New Chefs; he also won the James Beard Award for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. Vetri has been profiled in Gourmet, Bon Appétit, and the New York Times, and is the author of Mastering Pasta (rights sold to Hans Media/Korean), Mastering Pizza, Il Viaggio di Vetri, and Rustic Italian Food.
Claire Kopp McWilliams is the head baker and miller for Vetri.
David Joachim is the author of the New York Times best-seller A Man A Can A Plan and a co-writer on numerous cookbooks.