Canadian Heritage Breads

Learn the art of bread making.

Nothing More Comforting is a reflection of our society: an eclectic mix of many different cultures and traditions. Dorothy Duncan – with her extensive knowledge of heritage foods – has chosen her favourite "Country Fare" columns from the popular Century Home magazine for this wonderful book on Canada’s heritage cuisine. Each chapter focuses on one particular food or ingredient followed by historical facts and traditional recipes for you to try at home. Fast food restaurants and instant foods will never replace our seasonal and regional specialties: maple syrup, fiddleheads, rhubarb (pie plant to our ancestors), asparagus, corn on the cob, Saskatoon berries and McIntosh apples. The recipes in this book take advantage of Canada’s unique foods, creating a taste that is distinctly Canadian. Nothing More Comforting will provide the avid as well as the armchair cook with interesting food facts and new recipes to try.

New look, same great recipes Breads is now back by popular demand. Learn the basics of bread making with an assortment of recipes for breads, cakes, rolls and a variety of other baked goods. There's even a handy glossary of bread-making terms to help you along the way.

Canada has a rich and delicious tradition of bread-making, going back to the early Native peoples. Successive waves of settlers brought their bread-baking traditions to the country as well, so we have breads with roots in France, Britain, Italy, Eastern Europe, Russia and beyond. Breads of all shapes and textures, dinner buns, doughnuts, naan--all 65 recipes have step by step photos showing exactly how the bread is made. Plus a comprehensive intro showing the steps of assembling the ingredients, kneading, rising techniques, and so on. Includes a smattering of tasty quickbreads.

"Hanne Risgaard offers recipes for unique bread and pastry that bring a Nordic approach to bread baking that feels worlds away from most conventional baking books. Risgaard offers practical information not only on the concepts and processes behind creating delicious Scandinavian breads, but also concise growing and cultivation information about the grains themselves, as well as a guide to basic equipment and kitchen set-up, ingredients, and the history of Skrtoft and their philosophy. At the beginning ofeach recipe there is a brief story contextualizing where the recipe comes from. Their world comes alive! Home Baked includes detailed sections on: baking with yeast; sourdoughs; baking without a raising agent (pies, cakes, cookies, crackers); and covers grains such as wheat, spelt, barley, and rye. The breads include unique ingredients like foraged herbs and greens, such as the Cocotte with Ramsons (either put directly in the bread dough or preserved in a syrup of pearls of rye and sea buckthorn berries); as well as other interesting standouts like the Buns for Tilters (with apple and yogurt, prepared for the annual horse games), Green Knots (made with stinging nettle, in honor of the fight to save the nettle in France), Rosemary Sourdough, Elderflower Muffins, and more"--

The ultimate collection of outstanding bread machine recipes. Donna and Heather's bread machine books have sold over 300,000 copies and their last effort, 250 Best Canadian Bread Machine Baking Recipes, was a bestseller. Bread machines are more popular than ever and this new edition will contain 50 new recipes. With these bread machine recipes, you'll be able to enjoy one of life's great pleasures, home-baked bread. You'll find everything from traditional favorites to innovative recipes that reflect today's tastes. Tons of tips and techniques guide you along with handy glossaries that will help you with baking terms. All the recipes have been developed and tested with Canadian flour ensuring reliable results every time. Most recipes accommodate 1.5-lb and 2-lb machines and there are even 50 recipes for 3-lb machines as well as recipes for pasta, cakes and cookies.

Presents a collection of baked bread recipes; outlines key baking techniques; and offers complementary information on ingredients, equipment, and baking chemistry.