A collection of 150 baked bread recipes includes such options as yeast starters, flatbreads, sourdoughs, bagels, biscuits, and pizza dough, outlining key techniques in accessible language while offering complementary information on ingredients, equipment, and baking chemistry. 70,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Shares recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, seafood, meat, poultry, side dishes, breads, and desserts, and suggests menus for cocktail parties, a Valentine's dinner, a picnic, a formal dinner, and a Kwanzaa/Christmas buffet