SynopsisThis award-winning book is an invaluable and beautiful guide to making simple, contemporary bread. Richard Bertinet brings back the fun to breadmaking with his practical and easy approach that it is simple and do-able. He uses a method of 'working' the dough rather than 'kneading' it, allowing air and lightness to prevail, so you don't create that well-known home-made "brick bread", and gives additional guidance on techniques as well as showing recipes step-by-step in the free 30-minute DVD., This award-winning book is an invaluable and beautiful guide to making simple, contemporary bread. Richard Bertinet brings back the fun to breadmaking with his practical and easy approach that it is simple and do-able. He uses a method of 'working' the dough rather than 'kneading' it, allowing air and lightness to prevail, so you don't create that well-known home-made "brick bread", and gives additional guidance on techniques as well as showing recipes step-by-step in the free 30-minute DVD. The five chapters start with a basic breadWhite, Olive, Brown, Rye, and Sweetand from this "parent" dough you can bake a vast variety of breads really easily. There are breads for every occasion--bake a pile of scones for tea, make pizza dough with the kids or friends, impress your guests with puff balls for supper, knock up a tantalizing focaccia for an informal lunch or treat yourself to a honey and lavender loaf for breakfast--the choices are endless as once you've mastered a "parent" dough you can experiment with your own favorite flavors., A cook book that won the Julia Child Award, the IACP Best Cookbook of the Year Award, a Guild of Food Writers' Award and a James Beard Foundation Award. It comes with a free 30-minute DVD that gives guidance on techniques as well as showing recipes step-by-step. Richard Bertinet is renowned for his revolutionary and inspirational approach to breadmaking and his award-winning book Dough is an invaluable and beautiful guide to making simple, contemporary bread, with a 30-minute DVD giving additional guidance and step-by-step recipes. Richard brings fun to breadmaking and with his easy approach, you will never want to buy a supermarket loaf again. Each of the five chapters begins with a slightly different dough - White, Olive, Brown, Rye and Sweet - and from this 'parent' dough you can bake a vast variety of breads really easily. Try making Fougasse for lunch, bake a Ciabatta to impress, create Tomato, Garlic & Basil Bread for a delicious canape or show off with home-made Doughnuts - each recipe is a delight. Since it's publication in 2005, the book has been translated into 8 languages and sold over 100,000 copies. It won the Julia Child Award, the IACP Best Cookbook of the Year Award, a Guild of Food Writers' Award and a James Beard Foundation Award and was shortlisted for an Andre Simon Award and a Glenfiddich Food & Drink award.