Bake satisfying, tantalizing, scrumptious loaves of bread. Nationally renowned bread-baking instructor, Betsy Oppenneer, offers her collection of all-time favorite recipes with a healthy serving of information about utensils, ingredients, and techniques. The informative and easy-to-read style takes you through the fundamental steps of bread baking, from preparing ingredients to serving and storing finished loaves, all mixed with a generous measure of humor throughout. This wonderful book shares techniques that Grandma never knew!
Price: $21.00
Recipes, Tales & Traditions
No matter their culture, people always celebrate with food. And no food figures more prominently in culture, history, or religion than bread. From the Passover matzoh to the Christmas stollen, from British hot cross buns to the festive Russian kolach, bread brings people together, links traditions, honors history, and bridges generations.
Renowned cooking teacher Betsy Oppenneer has spent most of her life pursuing two complementary passions: baking and traveling. In Celebration Breads, Oppenneer combines the two and comes through with the most innovative and rewarding baking book of the year. Featuring detailed recipes for more than seventy-five sweet and savory breads from around the world, from Africa to Scandinavia, the book also includes anecdotes about the historical and cultural origins of each bread.
Best of all, Oppenneer includes flexible instructions for preparing the bread either by hand or with a heavy-duty mixer, food processor, or bread machine. With detailed step-by-step instructions and techniques to guide novice and expert bakers alike, comprehensive information on ingredients and equipment, and more than seventy black-and-white illustrations, Celebration Breads is an invaluable kitchen-shelf staple.
Price: $34.00
Author Betsy Oppenneer originally wrote this book to give her daughters-in-law for Christmas so they would have the recipes her boys enjoyed before they left home. Being the wife of a retired Army officer, Betsy has lived and traveled all over the world collecting recipes from many friends. Soon, family, friends, and students began requesting the book. What started out as a gift of love is now a treasure for everyone.
Note from Webmaster (who also happens to be Betsy's son...): In a world where mobility pulls families far apart, having a gem like this in my kitchen keeps our family traditions at an arm's length. So many of my memories of growing up surround the tastes and smells that came from my Mom's kitchen... and they are all right here in this book. I can personally guarantee your tummy will not be disappointed! - Mark
Price: $18.00