DAN LEPARD

Dan Lepard is to baking what Lewis Hamilton is to Formula One. - Jay RaynerSimply the most beautiful, flour-dusted, crisp-crusted, heaven-scented, honey-coloured loaf I could ever have hoped for ... Mr Lepard, I love you. - Nigel SlaterDan Lepard - one of the first bakers and writers in the UK to get people interested in honing their baking skills. - Diana Henry 65,000 copies sold With more than 75 recipes, from dark crisp rye breads and ricotta breadsticks through to effortless multigrain sourdough, The Handmade Loaf guides you through the stress-free techniques you need to make and bake great breads at home. Made and photographed in kitchens and bakeries across Europe, from Russia through to the Scottish Highlands, Dan Lepards ground-breaking methods show you how to get the most flavour and the best texture from sourdough and simple yeast breads with minimal kneading and gentle handling of the dough. Let this classic cookbook guide you to making superb bread at home.

Viajar por Europa descubriendo panes de la mano de Lepard es una experiencia única. Más que un libro de recetas de pan, se trata de un verdadero libro de amor por el pan y los que lo elaboran.

Recetas de productos tanto artesanales como exóticos adaptadas para hacer en casa. Trucos profesionales de la conocida Baker & Spice, una de las panaderías con más tradición de Londres. Técnicas

Winner of the Andre Simon Food Book Award 2011 The ultimate baking compendium from Dan Lepard, the countrys foremost baking guru. Dan Lepards innovative and earthy approach has made him the baker that every top chef wants in their kitchen, and with this utterly dependable how-to-bake book youll be baking cakes, pastries, breads and cookies like never before. Collecting together Dans best recipes and mixing science with old-fashioned kitchen wisdom Dan has tried and tested almost every baking technique out there. Guiding you through the crispest flatbreads, blue cheese and oatmeal biscuits, gluten-free white loaves, savoury leek and smoked haddock pies, caramel sweets, frostings, simple scones and pumpkin and ginger cupcakes, Short and Sweet uses the newest flours and ingredients and has everything from updates on the classics to the latest in baking for intolerances. If baking is therapy then Dan is your life coach. Hell show you how to improve, what to work on, how to take what is just ok right up to brilliant, without a sweat. No wonder he is the countrys cutting-edge baker.

Winner of the Andre Simon Food Book Award 2011 The ultimate baking compendium from Dan Lepard, the countrys foremost baking guru. Dan Lepards innovative and earthy approach has made him the baker that every top chef wants in their kitchen, and with this utterly dependable how-to-bake book youll be baking cakes, pastries, breads and cookies like never before. Collecting together Dans best recipes and mixing science with old-fashioned kitchen wisdom Dan has tried and tested almost every baking technique out there. Guiding you through the crispest flatbreads, blue cheese and oatmeal biscuits, gluten-free white loaves, savoury leek and smoked haddock pies, caramel sweets, frostings, simple scones and pumpkin and ginger cupcakes, Short and Sweet uses the newest flours and ingredients and has everything from updates on the classics to the latest in baking for intolerances. If baking is therapy then Dan is your life coach. Hell show you how to improve, what to work on, how to take what is just ok right up to brilliant, without a sweat. No wonder he is the countrys cutting-edge baker.

For over a decade Tony Kitous has been Britains most passionate provider of contemporary Lebanese and North African food. His restaurants were the first in London to merge traditional Arabic cooking with easy contemporary eating. There are now seven Comptoir Libanais restaurants in London with more planned in the next 18 months.The success of Comptoir Libanais restaurants centres on an easy, relaxed cafe-style of food: light Arabic home cooking mixed with familiar bistro flavours and techniques. Tony Kitous recipes combine fresh vibrant vegetable dishes with simple grills, flat breads, grains, herb salads and dips. Pastries are richly flavoured and delicate, made with syrups and spices. Absolutely the menu for today and adaptable for the home cook.Containing eighty recipes, each one with a full-page photograph, Comptoir Libanais makes achieving a great result easy at home. Tony Kitous approach and shortcuts inspire new ways to prepare readily-available ingredients: big on spices, fresh herbs and bright citrus flavours drawn from traditional Arabic cooking. The book is strong on vegetarian and vegan dishes, alongside simple grilled or poached meats, fish and beautiful sauces that are quick to prepare or make in advance. If you want a quick snack for yourself, or an extraordinary celebration feast, all the how-to youll need is here. Bringing together the passion of owner Tony Kitous, the extraordinary designs of award-winning graphic artist Rana Salam, and bestselling author and photographer Dan Lepard, the Comptoir Libanais cookbook blends a vibrant culinary tradition with modern flavours and cooking methods