Secrets of the French baker

Tutorials, secret tips and recipes for baking bread

In this early volume, Peter Mayle joins forces with Gérard Auzet, owner of the famous bakery "Chez Auzet" in Cavaillon, Provence, to tell us all about baking bread the French way.
From the preparation and mixing of the dough to the actual baking, from traditional baguettes and rolls to spicy, olive or wine breads, this British lover of France and its cuisine introduces us to simple and detailed recipes, procedures and tips for home baking, which he supplements with folk sayings, humorous stories and a brief history of four generations of this family bakery, where "the baking and eating of bread was elevated to the level of a religious ceremony".