Richard Hart Bread

Richard Hart Bread is the guide to the intuitive art of baking bread. By learning how to see, taste, touch, and adapt, readers can find their own way to making truly wonderful bread--from blistering sourdoughs to rich rye pan loaves and more. Rather than focusing obsessively on precise formulas, Richard teaches both aspiring and seasoned bakers all his key techniques without holding anything back.

Through gorgeous photography, explanatory videos accessed on page through QR codes, and thorough descriptions of methods, you'll have all the tools you need to make great breads. Rich in stories and Richard's boundless enthusiasm, this book will make you fall ever deeper in love with bread.

Review

"What makes this book different from others on bread baking, as Hart addresses immediately in the introduction, is that he's 'more of a sensualist than a scientist.' So while there can be no circumnavigating the necessary sourdough starters, the weighing of ingredients and the precision of recipes, something of Hart's famous ebullience translates on the page. He is the guide who urges you to mix dough by hand, to inhale the aromas of bread through every step."--LA Times, "Best Cookbooks of 2024"

"This book is for all the dreamers. For people who aren't afraid of making mistakes. We need more touch and feel and smell and taste. This book will provide a path of love and misery in trying but if we don't try, we will never know so it's worth it! Break your brain or bake your heart."--Matty Matheson

"Richard Hart restores the heart to bread baking. He urges us to trust our senses over strict science. Like learning an instrument, baking bread demands patience, practice, precision, but above all, a passion. We're all safe in Hart's hands."--Yotam Ottolenghi

"Richard Hart Bread is in a league of its own. Undoubtedly one of the world's greatest bakers, I have two words of advice for you: Buy it. Even if you have already mastered the usual suspects--a baguette, pain au levain, a whole grain loaf--now it's time to earn your doctorate in baking. Richard's book will guide you to baking greatness."--Nancy Silverton

"Richard is the bread whisperer. Having been in the trenches with him, I've seen it firsthand. Next to his family, I don't think there's anything in the world Richard cares more about than bread--it's more than a job, breadmaking courses through his veins. So when diving into the pages of this book, you're getting a piece of his soul. Each word, each method, it's steeped in his essence. The passion, the meticulous care--it's all here. This book isn't just about bread; it's a type manifesto of Richard's lifelong quest for that fleeting (life affirming) moment of a perfect bake. It is a testament to the art and craft of baking. Trust me, you can taste the difference."--Rene Redzepi

"Even if you have shelves and shelves of bread books, you'll still want this one!"--Nigella Lawson

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