Book Description

More than 300 recipes from expert and artisan bakers, covering breads, croissants, flatbreads, pizzas, and pies—Foods that demand the perfect crunch! From loaves to pastries, pizza to pie, Crusts covers it all! Between its elegantly designed covers, you'll discover: 300+ recipes from artisan bakers around the world; gluten-free, Paleo, vegetarian, and vegan recipes; complete how-to sections on making your own dough, bread, and pizzas with easy-to-follow instructions; helpful tips and techniques from expert bakers and chefs; culinary histories behind your favorite loaves and pastries; an illustrated catalog of more than 100 grains from around the world and throughout time...and so much more! This cookbook is the ultimate resource for every level chef, and is a keystone addition to your cookbook library. Bakers and Chefs Barbara Elisi Caracciolo — owner of Spigamadre bakery in Sweden and blogger behind Bread and Companatico. Stephany Buswell — Certified Master Baker, pastry chef-instructor at the International Culinary Center. Bakeries 158 Pickett Street Café - South Portland, ME 400 Gradi - East Brunswick, VIC, Australia Amy’s Bread – New York, NY Barton Springs Mills – Dripping Springs, TX Bellegarde - New Orleans, LA Boulangerie - Kennebunkport, ME Boulted Bread - Raleigh, NC Community Grains – Oakland, CA Dante’s Pizzeria Napoletana – Takapuna, AK, New Zealand Deux Bakery - Santa Barbara, CA Flour Bakery and Café – Boston, MA Grain Craft – Chattanooga, TN Kaufman’s Bakery & Delicatessen – Skokie, IL King Arthur Flour Baking School – Norwich, VT La Svolta Pizzeria - Hampton, VIC, Australia Lindley Mills – Graham, NC Maine Grains – Skowhegan, ME Metropolitan Bakery - Philadelphia, PA Oliveto – Oakland, CA OTTO Pizza – Portland, ME Pizza Pilgrims – London, England Pizzaly – Preston, VIC, Australia Polestar Hearth Bread – Guelph, ON, Canada Scoozi – Ascot Vale, VIC, Australia Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana – New Lynn, AK, New Zealand Seven Stars Bakery - Providence, RI St-Viateur Bagel – Montreal, QC, Canada Sugar Bakeshop - Charleston, SC Sugar Pie Bakery - Charleston, WV Sugaree's - New Albany, MS Sweet Life Patisserie - Eugene, OR Sweetery - Anderson, SC Swiss Bakery - Vancouver, BC, Canada Tano’s Pizzeria – Chicago, IL Theo & Co. Pizzeria – Perth, WA, Australia Winslow’s Home – St. Louis, MO Zingerman’s - Ann Arbor, MI