Review, The Tassajara Bread Book

Introduction to the 1986 Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
How Could I Have Ever KNown (It Would Be Like This)?
Ingredients
Utensils
About Yeast

Detailed Instructions for Making Tassajara Yeasted Bread

Mixed up the Spongs
Setting the Dough to Rise
Advantages of the Sponge Method
Folding in Oil, Salt, and Dry Ingredients
Kneading the Dough
Rising and Punching the Dough
Shaping and Loaves
Prebaking and Baking
Storing
Rolls and Other Shapes
Fruit-Filled Loaves

Yeasted Breads

1. Tassajara Yeasted Bread
2. Rye-Oatmeal Bread
3. Sesame Bread
4. White Egg Bread
5. Potato Bread
6. Summer Swedish Rye Bread
7. Cornmeal-Millet Bread
8. Oatmeal Bread
9. Millet Bread
10. Banana Sandwich Bread
11. Cinnamon Raisin Bread
12. Nut or Seed Bread
13. Fruit Bread
14. Cheese Bread
15. A French Bread
16. Ricotta Olive Bolso
17. Focaccio
18. Egg Wash

Yeasted Pastries

19. Yeasted Breakfast Bread Dough
20. Swedish Tea Ring
21. Powdered Sugar Glaze
22. Cinnamon Rolls
23. Pecan Nut Rolls
24. English Muffins
25. Lemon Twist Bread
26. Norwegian Coffee Cake
27 Kolaches
Kolache Toppings and Fillings
Poppy Seed Topping
Butter Glaze
Prune or Apricot Filling
Almond Paste
Date Almond Filling
28. Braided Christmas Bread

Unyeasted Breads

29. Tibetan Barley Bread
30. Overnight Unyeasted Bread I
31. Overnight Unyeasted Bread II
32. Unyeasted Dutch Rye Bread
33. Gruel Bread

Sourdough Breads & Pancakes

34. Sourdough Bread
35. Sourdough Rye Bread
36. Sourdough French Loaves
37. Sourdough Pancakes
38. Country French Bread
39. Sourdough Raisin Rolls

Pancakes & Other Things to Eat for Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner

40. Whole Wheat Pancakes
41. Orange whole Wheat Hotcakes
42. O-Konomi-Yaki
43. Cottage Cheese Pancakes
44. Popovers
45. Apple Pancake Sam
46. Cream Scones
47. Flaky Biscuits
48. Basil and Parmesan Cheese Flaky Biscuits
49. Butter Kuchen
50. Egg Bagels
51. Walnut Coffee Cake

Muffins & Quick Breads

52. Jalapeno Corn Bread
53. Three-Layer corn Bread
54. Blue Cornmeal Muffins
55. Whole Wheat Muffins
56. Something Missing Muffins
57. Festival Spice Muffins
58. "Oriental" Spice Muffins
59. Fruit Juice Muffins
60. Marmalade or Jam Muffins
61. Dried Fruit Muffins
62. Nut or Seed Muffins
63. Confusion Muffins
64. Corn Muffins
65. Bran Muffins
66. Barley Flour Muffins
67. Carrot Cake
68. Apple Nut Loaf (Yeasted)
69. Banana Nut Bread
70. Honey Walnut Bread
71. Date Nut Bread

Compound Butters
Nut Butters

72. Hazelnut Butter
73. Almond and Orange Butter
74. Pecan and Ginger Butter

Sweet Butters

75. Honey Lemon Butter
76. Chocolate Nutmeg Butter
77. Vanilla Bean Butter
78. Coffee Liqueur Butter

Savory Butters

79. Balsamic Butter
80. Lemon Mustard Butter
81. Lime and Cilantro Butter
82. Roasted Garlic and Hot Chili Butter

Desserts

83. Cheesecake Cookies
84. Turkish Coffee Cake Cookie Bars
85. Honey Bars
86. Date Bars
87. Tassajara Shortbread
88. Lemon Bars
89. Walnut Cookies
90. Italian Cookies
91. Coconut Macaroons
92. Nutty Gritty Cookies
93. Fresh Fruit Cake
94. Haver Cookies
95. Sesame Candy (Halvah)
96. Raw Fruit Carob Candy
97. Cream Cheese Balls
98. Apple Crisp
99. Peach Kuchen
100. Torte with Sour Cream Fruit Topping
101. Mustard Gingerbread
102. Yogurt Cake
103. Triple Chocolate Cake
104. Simple Chocolate Glaze
105. Chocolate Glaze
106. White layer Cake or Boston Cream Pie
107. Vanilla Pastry Cream
108. Buttercream Frosting
109. Cream Cheese Icing
110. Chocolate Mousse Pie
111. Short Pastry for Tarts
112. Fresh Fruit Tart
113. Fresh Fruit Cheesecake Tart

Afterword: The Tassajara Bread Book turns Twenty five.

Recipes for the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

114. Focaccia (Olive Oil Bread with Fresh Rosemary)
115. Overnight Wheat Bread (Wheat Veneration)
116. Corn sesame Breakfast Cake
117. Chocolate Walnut Cookies
118. Bartlett Pear Tart

About Ed Brown

Acknowledgments

About Tassajara

From The Publisher:

Good bread needs more than just flour and water, milk, or eggs. It requires nurturing and care.

In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the international best-seller that started a generation of Americans baking, Ed Brown shows how to make-and enjoy-breads, pastries, muffins, and desserts for today's sophisticated palates. An in a new afterword, he reflects on the widespread influence of the book, and offers five new recipes.

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Edward Espe Brown was ordained as a Zen priest in 1971. He is past president of and resident teacher at the San Francisco Zen Center, and helped found and run the enormously successful Greens restaurant in San Francisco. Over the past ten years he has been leading meditation retreats and teaching cooking classes.

Ed Brown is also the author of Tassajara Cooking and The Tassajara Recipe Book: Favorites of the Guest Season, as well as co-author of The Greens Cookbook.

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