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In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker's Odyssey

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"An invaluable guide for beginning bakers."—The New York Times

An irresistible account of bread, bread baking, and one home baker’s journey to master his craft


In 2009, journalist Samuel Fromartz was offered the assignment of a lifetime: to travel to France to work in a boulangerie. So began his quest to hone not just his homemade baguette—which later beat out professional bakeries to win the “Best Baguette of D.C.”—but his knowledge of bread, from seed to table.

For the next four years, Fr...