The tassajara bread book is more of a cooking book than a cook book janetnetcomcom says the tassajara bread book is a great introduction to baking bread because this is a great basic how to book as with bread itself basic is simply some flour mixed with enough water to form a dough anything else we do to it merely makes it civilized i do not know how civilized janets . The tassajara bread book has been a favorite among renowned chefs and novice bakers alike for more than thirty years with complete instructions on making yeasted breads and full of recipes for breads pastries muffins and desserts edward brown offers a unique view on making bread with care and enjoying the results in this deluxe edition the same gentle clear instructions and wonderful . I learned about the tassajara bread book after reading the rather lame novel bread alone by judith ryan hendricks but the novel wasnt a complete waste of time interspersed through the dumb story there are some excellent bread recipes in the novel there was a glowing description of banana cinnamon swirl bread but no recipe just a note to add more bananas to the tassajara bread . To this day i consider the tassajara bread book to have been a major influence not just on my cooking and baking but on my attitude and philosophy about food in general thank you ed brown for this lasting gift mollie katzen author of moosewood cookbook i feel a special fondness for this book which helped launch me on my way to baking bread edward browns warmth shines . The tassajara bread book by brown edward espe publication date 1972 topics bread cookery bread recipes publisher devizes barn cottage stert devizes wilts shambala london routledge and k paul collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks digitizing sponsor kahle austin foundation contributor internet archive language english 12 146 pages 23 cm originally