On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:51:27 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 2020-04-23 7:37 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:

>Many years ago after a series of failures, I decided to go back to
>square one and get a book that would make me start from scratch. On
>holiday in the UK, I went into a branch of a major bookstore chain and
>went through all the bread books. I chose "Ultimate Bread" by Treuille
>and Ferrigno: http://tiny.cc/ggpnnz
>Unfortunately, the North American edition has the recipes in cup measure
>which doesn't help the beginner learn the feel of the dough. The recipes
>work and they helped me get my confidence back. Incidentally, I took a
>course in Italian cookery given by Ursula Ferrigno and she is the most
>delightful person.
>As an alternative, I would look at Cyril Hitz "Baking artisan bread":
>http://tiny.cc/cmpnnz
>The book comes with a dvd. I had a question about one of the recipes and
>e-mailed Hitz and received a very helpful reply a few hours later.

Yup.

I have way too many bread books.