Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure

Author(s): Robert Penn

Food

Over the course of a year, Robert Penn learns how to plant, harvest, thresh and mill his own wheat, in order to bake bread for his family. In returning to this pre-industrial practice, he tells the fascinating story of our relationship with bread- from the domestication of wheat in the Fertile Crescent at the dawn of civilization, to the rise of mass-produced loaves and the resurgence in homebaking today.Gathering knowledge and wisdom from experts around the world - farmers on the banks of the Nile, harvesters in the American Midwest and Parisian boulangers - Penn reconnects the joy of making and eating bread with a deep appreciation for the skill and patience required to cultivate its key ingredient. This book is a celebration of the millennia-old craft of breadmaking, and how it is woven into the story of humanity.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780241352083
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.56699
  • : May 2021
  • : {"length"=>["22.2"], "width"=>["13.8"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Robert Penn
  • : Hardback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 641.815
  • : 240