May 15, 2008 - 11:32am
The Village Baker - Joe Ortiz ****HELP Please*****
This book sounds very interesting, I've been searching for it on the internet over the last couple days and it appears to be out of print and copies are going for well over $100.
Does anyone have a copy of this book they are no longer using and would like to sell it? Give me a shout or respond to this post if you do, we can work something out.
thanks
Alex
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The cheapest one is $48.15. That's well under $100.
It's a good price, and well worth it.
My bread blog: http://grainpower.wordpress.com
bshuval-
thanks for the info, the cheapest I see it on Amazon.com is 79.99. do you have the link to the 48.15 price.
thanks
a
http://www.amazon.com/Village-Baker-Classic-Regional-America/dp/0898154898/ref=ed_oe_h
My bread blog: http://grainpower.wordpress.com
thanks bshuval, not sure what I was looking at. is this really a good book/guide?
a
It's one of the first books out there on Artisan baking.
It has some very interesting recipes, and very good instructions. Worth the money. I bought a copy for a similar amount a while back.
My bread blog: http://grainpower.wordpress.com
Hi
I have the following books in my library so far:
Crust & Crumb: Master Formulas for Serious Bread Bakers
The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens
I have on order the following:
Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur...
World Sourdoughs from Antiquity by Wood, Ed
I use a clouche to bake all my bread and am working on perfecting my sour dough at the request of my daughter. I am looking to learn some new techniques for the home baker and would like to continue to use the clouch because I've had so much success with it but would like to use other techniques.
This book got some good reviews on Amazon, on the fence about the price.
What kind of books do you guys have in your library and again if you want to sell the Village Baker for a reasonable price let me know.
Thanks
a
Here are four books (that are currently in print) I would get in the meantime if I were you. They will give you a similar journey and learning experience.
Local Breads by Dan Leader (similar travels to artisan bakers)
Maggie Glezer's Artisan Baking Across America
The Art of Handmade Bread by Dan Lepard (also called The Handmade Loaf)
and Bread: A Bakers Book of Techniques and Recipes by Hamelman.
BTW, you can get tiny snippets of Ortiz's book at google books Call Ten Speed Press and ask them to put The Village Baker back into print and/or place an order for it. I was told they have a large number of back orders, and they usually re-print at the number they have, but haven't yet for some reason. Hopefully if there are enough orders they will reprint it.