Healthy Bread In Five Minutes A Day Book Review And Giveaway

Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day
100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients
By Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., and Zoë François
Published by Thomas Dunne Books
October 2009; $27.99US/$35.99CAN; 978-0-312-54552-9

About the book and the authors

From the authors of the groundbreaking Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day comes a new cookbook filled with quick and easy recipes for healthy bread

Their first book was called “stupendous,” “genius,” and “the holy grail of bread making.” Now, in their much-anticipated second book, Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., and Zoë François have taken their super-fast method and adapted it for the health-conscious baker, focusing on whole grains and other healthier ingredients.

The method is still quick and simple, producing professional-quality results with each warm, fragrant, hearty loaf. In just five minutes a day of active preparation time, you can create delectable, healthy treats such as 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Whole Grain Garlic Knots with Parsley and Olive Oil, Black-and-White Braided Pumpernickel and Rye Loaf, Cherry Black Pepper Focaccia, Pumpkin Pie Brioche, Chocolate Tangerine Bars, and a variety of gluten-free breads. And many of the recipes are 100% whole grain.

Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day will show you that there is time enough for home-baked bread, and that it can be part of a healthy diet. Calling all bread lovers: Whether you are looking for more whole grains, watching your weight, trying to reduce your cholesterol, or just care about what goes into your body, this book is a must-have.

Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., coauthor of Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients, is a physician with twenty years of experience in health care as a practitioner, consultant, and faculty member at the University of Minnesota Medical School. His interest in baking and preventive health sparked a quest to adapt the techniques of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day for healthier ingredients.

Zoë François, coauthor of Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients, is passionate about food that is real, healthy, and always delicious. She is a pastry chef trained at the Culinary Institute of America. In addition to teaching baking and pastry courses nationally, she consults to the food industry and is the creator of the recipe blog www.zoebakes.com. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two sons.

The authors answer bread questions at their Web site: www.healthybreadinfive.com.

Like me, my son loves bread. The difference between us is that he has Celiac disease and requires a gluten-free diet. That makes most breads a no-no for him. There are some frozen gluten-free breads but they don’t taste as good as fresh bread. That’s why I accepted the offer to review the book Healthy Bread In Five Minutes A Day.

Healthy Bread In Five Minutes A Day contains 100 recipes for homemade breads. One of the things that impressed me the most about the book is that they spend three chapters explaining ingredients, equipment and tips – what they are and why you might use them. The idea of making fresh bread in five minutes is simple – you make a big batch called the master batch and then you can make bread from that batch for up to a week.

The variety of recipes is great and includes breads and desserts such as loaves and pastries. Recipes are broken down into chapters including Whole Grain Breads, Breads With Hidden Fruits And Vegetables, Flatbreads And Pizza, Gluten-Free Breads And Pastries, and Enriched Breads And Pastries From Healthy Ingredients. Each of the recipes includes a list of ingredients and detailed, easy to understand instructions on how to make the dish. The three recipes in the Gluten-Free chapter that I want to try making first are Gluten-Free Parmesan Bread Sticks, Super Sam Gluten-Free Cinnamon Buns and Gluten-Free Olive Oil Bread. How I wish it had a gluten-free bagel recipe! The book contains a section of terrific color photos. I actually wish there were more of them, and that they accompanied the recipes they correspond to.

This would be a great book for anyone interested in making homemade bread.

You can learn more about the authors and the book, as well as check out the blog, at http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/.

Here’s a video explaining the five minute method and showing a Master batch being prepared and a loaf being made.

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