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From the acclaimed baker and James Beard Award nominee, here is a master class on making perfect breads at home - from sourdough loaves and baguettes to bagels, pitas, tortillas, and pizzas. For Melissa Weller, bread is the foundation for every meal, an elemental ritual that leads to mouthwatering results. Bread is also inspirational - the taste of a brioche, and Weller's obsession with perfecting it, made her fall in love with baking many years ago. Now, after years of working as the head baker at some of the country's most celebrated restaurants, Weller shares her best recipes for consistently making the highest-quality breads.. Weller knows that baking is about precision and science, and here she gives you the tools to take your breadmaking skills to the next level.
About the Author
MELISSA WELLER received a James Beard Award nomination for Outstanding Baker in 2016. A French Culinary Institute graduate, she trained at Babbo and Sullivan Street Bakery in New York City. She was chef-partner at High Street on Hudson; head baker at Per Se, Bouchon Bakery, and Roberta's; an owner and founder of Sadelle's; and the head baker at Walnut Street Café in Philadelphia. Melissa was born and raised in Central Pennsylvania, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Bucknell University with degrees in chemical engineering and international relations and worked as an engineer for ten years before switching her career to baking. Her first cookbook, A Good Bake, published by Knopf, debuts in November 2020.
