Beautiful Bread: Create & Bake Artful Masterpieces for Any Occasion

For beginner and expert bread bakers alike, learn how to turn artisan focaccia breads into over 30 showstopping edible creations!

Let professional baker and bread artist Theresa Culletto show you how to take your bread baking to the next level by turning rustic focaccia breads into artful masterpieces. In Beautiful Bread, you will not only master how to make four types of focaccia--white, whole wheat, dark multigrain, and sweet--you will also learn techniques for decorating them with vegetables, fruits, herbs, seeds, and more through over thirty stunning bread art projects inspired by flowers, famous artists, nature, and holidays, including:

• Spring Tulips
• Cherry Blossoms
• Monet's Lily Pond
• Under the Sea
• Solar System
• Saint Patrick's Day Lucky Clover
• Easter Basket
• Christmas Tree
• And more!

For beginners, Theresa offers a comprehensive overview of bread baking 101, including essential ingredients, tools, and terminology. For seasoned bakers, she provides a plethora of inventive tips and techniques. Complete with step-by-step instructions, a vibrant photo accompanying each project, and recipes for savory and sweet toppings and fillings, Beautiful Bread will soon have you creating edible art that's almost too beautiful to eat . . . almost.

ISBN-13: 9781631068461

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Rock Point

Publication Date: 10-10-2023

Pages: 176

Product Dimensions: 8.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.70(d)

Theresa Culletto has been baking bread for more than 40 years. She runs her own bakery studio, Vineyard Baker, where she teaches classes and gives tutorials. She also works as a “breaducator” at local schools and libraries. Her Museum of Fine Breads includes van Dough and Salva-dough Delí galleries, and her work has appeared on BuzzFeed, Food Network, Good Morning America, New York Times, Parade, Taste of Home, Vegan Insider, and elsewhere. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Making Bread Art
Essential Ingredients
Essential Tools
Essential Terms
Bread Baking Tips
Making the Cut
Measuring Focaccia Dough Ingredients
Latticework, Braiding & Stenciling
Focaccia Dough Recipes
Basic White Focaccia
Basic Whole Wheat Focaccia
Dark Multigrain Focaccia
Sweet Focaccia
Flowers
Poppy Field
Sunflowers
Wrapped Bouquet
Spring Tulips
White Irises in a Vase
Dahlias
Cherry Blossoms
Bouquet of Calla Lilies
Echinacea
Artist Inspired
Vincent van Gogh’s Irises
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Open Flower
Takashi Murakami’s Happy Flowers
Pablo Picasso’s Faces
Wassily Kandinsky’s
Circles in Squares
Claude Monet’s Lily Pond
Alma Thomas’ Brushstrokes of Color
Nature Inspired
Fall Leaves
Under the Sea
Tree of Life
Wood Grain Charcuterie Board
Sandcastle
Happy Trail Mix
Solar System
Pomegranate
Holidays & Special Occasions
Valentine’s Day Roses
Saint Patrick’s Day Lucky Clover
Easter Basket
Thanksgiving Cornucopia
Christmas Tree152
Cinnamon Star
Game Day
Celebration Fireworks
Additional Recipes
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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