un libro sull'arte bianca / a book on bread baking

maize bread

Readers of my blog know that I am passionate about baking bread. Friends who come to our house for dinner know that there will be homemade bread (pane fatto in casa) on the table (and homemade ice cream for dessert). Hence, it was with enthusiasm that I answered the offer to review a book on bread baking (the art of making bread is called arte bianca in Italian, literally: white art). The enthusiasm never left me as I explored The Handmade Loaf by Dan Lepard.

The photo above shows my rendition of one of the recipes in the book: Maize bread (pane di mais), made with polenta and corn flour. My review of the book has just been published on the Daring Kitchen site: follow this link to navigate to the relevant page. Photos of five of the recipes that I realized from the book accompany the review (recensione).

Click on the button to hear me pronounce the Italian words mentioned in the post:

un libro sull'arte bianca

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Comments

[bellini]

I can only imagine the wonderful aroma of bread baking throughout your entire home.

[astrofiammante]

da come ne hai parlato sembra un libro molto ricco di idee e ben spiegato, io ho appena comprato "tutta la bontà del pane" di Sara Papa ben spiegato e con idee sfiziose che pian pianino metterò in pratica....sarebbe bello panificare insieme ^_______^ ciauzzzzz

[Paz]

i like the title 'arte bianca'. that bread sure looks good.

paz

[A Canadian Foodie]

Where is the legume love affair that was to be posted Monday or today?

[Simona Carini]

Ciao Val. That's one of the reasons I love to bake bread: it makes the house smell heavenly.

Ciao Astro. Si' e' un libro ben spiegato. Aspetto di vedere quello che fai seguendo il tuo nuovo libro :)

Ciao Paz, I like that expression too. The bread in the photo is really good and I like its golden color.

Hello. Monday was the deadline for MLLA #31. The roundup was posted last night (Tuesday).

[Catalina]

I love fresh bread but I'm not daring enough to make it by myself. I enjoy watching Italian TV shows about baking bread - especially in those big furnaces - it must be soo delicious :) Your bread looks equisite! Your addition of Italian words in each post is really great - I enjoy learning new words from other languages :)

[Simona Carini]

Hi Catalina. I learned to bake bread after moving to California. Once I started, I was hooked. It's fun and the result is rewarding. I am glad you enjoyed listening to the Italian words.