Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson, Erin Wolfinger (Photographer)

Overview

The Tartine Way - Not all bread is created equal

The Bread Book "...the most beautiful bread book yet published..." — The New York Times, December 7, 2010

Tartine - A bread bible for the home or professional bread-maker, this is the book! It comes from Chad Robertson, a man many consider to be the best bread baker in the United States, and co-owner of San Francisco's Tartine Bakery. At 5 P.M., Chad Robertson's rugged, magnificent Tartine loaves are drawn from the oven. The bread at San Francisco's legendary Tartine Bakery sells out within an hour almost every day.

Only a handful of bakers have learned the techniques Chad Robertson has developed: To Chad Robertson, bread is the foundation of a meal, the center of daily life, and each loaf tells the story of the baker who shaped it. Chad Robertson developed his unique bread over two decades of apprenticeship with the finest artisan bakers in France and the United States, as well as experimentation in his own ovens. Readers will be astonished at how elemental it is.

Bread making the Tartine Way: Now it's your turn to make this bread with your own hands. Clear instructions and hundreds of step-by-step photos put you by Chad's side as he shows you how to make exceptional and elemental bread using just flour, water, and salt.

If you liked Tartine All Day by Elisabeth Prueitt and Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish, you'll love Tartine Bread!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811870412
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	09/29/2010
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	33,387
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Chad Robertson trained at the Culinary Institute of America and, with his wife Elisabeth Prueitt, won the James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef Award in 2008.

Eric Wolfinger is a photographer, surfer, and bread-making apprentice at Tartine Bakery. Like Chad, he lives in San Francisco.

Editorial Reviews

San Francisco's Tartine Bread owners Chad Robertson and Elizabeth Pruei receive frequent accolades as the premier bread bakers in America. In fact, they are joint recipients of a James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef Award. The precision and care that they so clearly devoted to this elegant new bread book reminds one that Alice Waters once noted that their "quiet artisanal authority" was never weakened by aesthetic compromise. Quite simply, the bread book of 2010.

Chad Robertson (co-owner, with his wife, Elisabeth Prueitt, of San Francisco's Tartine, Bar Tartine) brings his master Tartine Bread technique to those who may not have the chance to try the famed Bay Area loaves hot out of the oven. This "baker's guidebook" is divided into four parts: Basic Country Bread; Semolina and Whole-Wheat Breads; Baguettes and Enriched Breads; and Day-Old Bread. Robertson's basic recipe is explained in depth with numbered steps, and consists of making a natural leaven and baking in a cast-iron cooker. The author's passionate tone and tales of baking apprenticeships, along with top-notch step-by-step photos, elevate the title from mere manual to enjoyable read. The later sections include variations on the basic recipe; bread-to-use recipes for sandwiches; bruschetta; and salads and entrees made with croutons and breadcrumbs. The sophisticated and clean design, exceptional photos, and padded cover give the book a luxurious feel. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"...the most beautiful bread book yet published..." — The New York Times

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