Some interesting recipes - I haven't tried any yet, just read through - though she has very firm opinions on how things ought to be. Fresh yeast ("well, I _suppose_ you can use active dry, if you insist"), stoneground flour, lots of citrus for flavor...I don't disagree with many of her points, but some of them seem to be making things difficult for the sake of being difficult. She also gives very detailed instructions on most of the breads - and then there's a couple (mostly shaping instructions, rather than full recipes, but still) where she just says "form it into a loaf and bake it", with none of the "form it into an 8 by 5 oval, slash it in this pattern, prick around the base, glaze with this" sort of detail most of the recipes have. Nonetheless, I see a lot of really good-sounding bread here, and none of it (well, OK, I skimmed over the layered pastries, with their multiple rolling-out and layering with butter) seem particularly difficult. I suspect I'll adopt at least a few of these as standard recipes. ( )

I wasn't very impressed with this book. It looks very nice but recipes are ho-hum and very "basic". ( )