Geoffrey Zakarian
Chef and Restaurateur
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Recommended by Geoffrey Zakarian
“Pain d'Avignon has been creating stunning breads and baked goods since 1992, and I was fortunate to be one of Pain D’Avignon's first restaurant customers in Manhattan. Truly, their daily production is the work of real artisans who found their calling out of happenstance and necessity, which unfolds in this beautiful story they share. Page by page, you can feel clearly how their bread sings with purpose and love. Reading this lovely book will teach you how three humble ingredients—flour, water, and salt--can transform into something so spectacular. Pain d' Avignon bread is a gift to us all who toil in the kitchen.” (from Amazon)
by Uliks Fehmiu, Kathleen Hackett, Mario Carbone·You?
by Uliks Fehmiu, Kathleen Hackett, Mario Carbone·You?
Five-star bread and pastry recipes, and a tale of adventure, from an iconic East Coast bakery. A good loaf of bread has the power to bring—and keep—people together, wherever they may be. In a journey that started in Belgrade amid the beginnings of war, and continued in America, four friends tested this philosophy to the extreme: They began a new life and opened a tiny bakery together on Cape Cod. Working hectic, twenty-four-hour days, while living all together in a loft above their business and making it all up as they went along, the founders of Pain D’Avignon quickly became one of the first highly acclaimed purveyors of artisanal bread in the Northeast. For thirty years Pain D’Avignon has been pursuing excellence in the art of the bread making inspired by the old-world methods while partnering with New York’s top chefs to bring a five-star bread to our everyday life. As a baker who had an unorthodox bread education, Uliks Fehmiu has learned over time that practice and patience are the most important parts of the journey, and here he shares this important lesson with home bakers everywhere, while giving them an accessible, step-by-step primer on mastering the fundamentals. With 60 recipes, including their iconic Cape Cod–inspired Cranberry and Pecan Bread, Classic Sourdough, Thyme Baguette with a Touch of Lemon, and Plum Galette with Pistachio Paste, The Pain D’Avignon Baking Book is a tried-and-true collection of must-make breads and pastries, with extraordinary and immersive storytelling. It is a celebration of bread, of perseverance, and of baking with heart and purpose.