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The Bread Builders.

By Belanger, J. D.
Publication: Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Date: Sunday, July 1 2001

The Bread Builders, by Daniel Wing and Alan Scott; 253 pp; $35; Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction VT; 1999; ISBN 1-890132-05-5

This is actually two books in one. The first is about bread--specifically, good old-fashioned naturally fermented peasant hearth loaves or "artisan" breads that are crusty, chewy, and currently much in vogue. The second is about masonry ovens: how to plan, build, and operate them.

Anyone who loves real bread will find much of interest here. However, much of it is far too technical for the casual baker (or bread eate

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