Bread Head: Baking for the Road Less Traveled

Greg Wade is an expert in the out-of-this-world tastes and textures of long-fermented, hand-shaped breads. The recipient of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Baker (2019) is committed to spreading the love for local, organic flours and long-fermented sourdough loaves far and wide as he kneads, stretches, and proofs his signature loaves each day at Publican Quality Bread in Chicago. Bread Head is his guide to making all your favorite professional-level breads, cakes, and pastries at home.

Bread Head takes home cooks through foundational recipes like Farmhouse Sourdough and Marbled Rye down a winding road to unexpected and delicious bakes. Sorghum and Rosemary Ciabatta, Wheat Neapolitan Pizza Dough, Ethiopian Injera, Indian Parathas, and Georgian Khachapuri will become welcome new staples in your culinary repertoire. For those with a sweeter tooth, try Greg's Buckwheat Brownies, Wheat Brioche, and Cornmeal Whoopie Pies. Through accessible, teachable recipes that include baker's percentages and capture the importance of hydration and hand-shaping, Greg will improve your baking know-how, confidence, and zeal in the kitchen.

The science and technique are all here: Go forth and explore the infinite universes of delights in each of Greg Wade's inventive recipes.

ISBN-13: 9780393866742

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Norton - W. W. & Company - Inc.

Publication Date: 09-27-2022

Pages: 336

Product Dimensions: 8.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Greg Wade is the head baker at Chicago’s Publican Quality Bread. He is an active member of local, regional, and national farming organizations devoted to producing ethical, quality ingredients. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Birth of a Bread Head 7

Part I Digging In 13

Helpful Stuff for Getting Started

Bake the Bread You Bake 15

A Glossary of Terms 19

Using This Book for Ultimate Bread Success 23

Better Flour for Better Bread 27

Say Hey to the Grains 37

What You 11 Need 43

Everything You Need to Know about Sourdough 57

Part II Digging It 65

Recipes and Other Tasty Things

Chapter 1 Like a Road Leading Home 67

Chapter 2 Golden Loaves to Unlimited Devotion 121

Chapter 3 Fire on the Mountain 189

Chapter 4 Long, Strange Trip 219

Chapter 5 Friends of the Devil 245

Part III Digging Deeper 303

Troubleshooting and Taking Things to the Next Level

Fermentation Experimentation 305

Baker's Percentages and Building Your Own Recipes 313

Troubleshooting: Help, Everything's on Fire! 323

Acknowledgments 327

Index 329