On 4/24/2020 3:46 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> 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.
>
Is it actually possible to have too many books on baking?