Product Description
by Stuart Silverstein (Author)
Learn to easily build earth and simple brick ovens for outdoor bread baking. Detailed step by step instructions accompany the photographs and graphics. No building experience required. When the weather turns really nasty, we'll come indoors and bake in a conventional oven with some simple techniques. Also included are sections on sourdough and no-knead bread baking. From bagels to pita breads to pizzas in your wood-fired oven. It's all here, including historical references that make oven building and bread baking a most enjoyable experience.
Author Biography
Deciding against law school and a career with the FBI, Stu Silverstein finally got serious about his life, found a VW bus and took a driveabout across the country in search of "real" bread. Not finding any, he returned to Maine and started to bake his own. He also builds earth ovens, writes and makes art. Along with some friends, founded Railroad Square Cinema, one of New England's best known art cinemas, and later on, he started a brick oven café. Traveling to Guatemala each winter with Masons On A Mission, he builds energy efficient stoves with the Mayas. Stu also leads earth oven workshops back home.
