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>> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
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>>> Hi Kris,
>>>
>>> My name is Zoe Francois and I am one of the co-authors of Artisan
>>> Bread In
>>> Five Minutes A Day. Thank you so much for trying the bread, your loaf
>>> looks
>>> beautiful!
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>> <snipped>
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>> I'm glad you've posted the recipe so others can try it.> If you
>> venture into the book check out the errata page on my website.
>>> www.zoebakes.com first. As much as we tried to catch all the errors
>>> while
>>> editing we missed some things.
>>>
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>>> Zoe
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>>> 1/06/2008 11:23 PM "
>>>
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>> Regarding the book by Zoe, I just purchased the book and am waiting
>> for it's arrival.
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>> On errata page, this certainly concerns me:
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>> She says:
>> "Throughout the book we call for 1 1/2 tablespoons of yeast (1 1/2
>> packets), It should read (2 packets!!!)"
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>> I always thought that a packet is 2-1/4 teaspoons. So, in each recipe
>> all of them should use 5-1/2 teaspoons?
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>> Depending on how much flour is used, that's a LOT of yeast!
>> The same amount of yeast is used in each and every recipe?
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>> Now, I'm starting to question the whole book's recipes. :-(((
>>
>> Dee Dee
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> Correction: 4-1/2 teaspoons!
> Dee Dee
And a Tablespoon is 3 tsp, so 1 1/2 Tablespoons is 4.5 tsp or 2 packages.
That is for a recipe with 3 cups water and 6 1/2 cups flour. Doesn't
seem excessive to me.


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