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In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker's Odyssey

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by Fromartz, Samuel


  Index

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  A. Zito & Sons Bakery, 5–6

  acidity, 50, 72, 79, 81–82, 86, 92, 111–12, 166, 208, 252

  Acme Bread, 91

  additives, 31, 33–36, 104, 138

  agriculture, 78–79, 131, 137, 142, 144, 160–61, 166, 170, 179, 181, 197, 228, 264, 267

  Alaska, 171

  alveoli (the crumb), 19, 267. See also crumb

  American bread, 30, 35, 44, 49, 92

  airy/soft, 192

  amount of salt in, 46

  early types of, 132

  lacks health benefits, 215

  new directions in, 258–60

  “rye-injun,” 132

  wholesale, 7, 52–53, 69–70

  See also artisan bread: American

  ancient wheat varieties, 11, 141–49, 157, 173–77, 179, 181–84, 228–30, 233, 235–37, 254, 259–60, 268, 271–72

  Anson Mills, 231–32, 246–47, 253–54

  Archer Daniels Midland mill, 164

  Arrowhead Mills flour, 220

  artisan bread, 6, 15

  American, 28, 50, 69–70, 91–92, 98–99, 103–4, 108–9, 258–60

  and artisan grains, 183, 246

  characteristics of, 267

  and flour, 103–4

  French, 2, 22, 28, 194

  Italian, 194

  movement of, 67, 85

  and wheat, 157–59, 270

  Asheville, North Carolina, 92, 246

  Asia, 75, 145, 147, 155, 170, 268, 273

  Athens, Georgia, 165

  Australia, 170, 292

  Austria, 30, 203

  autolyse method

  and baguettes, 22, 24, 26, 29–30, 39, 44, 55

  description of, 22, 267

  and flatbread, 129, 153

  importance of, 102

  and pain de campagne, 118

  and wheat bread, 236–38

  bagels, 4, 6–7, 16, 104, 158, 192

  baguettes

  additive-free, 33–36

  American, 258–59

  award-winning, 21, 38, 53, 60, 90–91, 239

  baguettes (cont.)

  commercially made, 52–53

  contests held for, 50–53, 105

  couche (linen cloth) for, 21, 95–96, 268

  critiquing of, 27–28, 32–33, 38, 52–53

  cultural history of, 26, 30–34, 36

  decline in quality, 26, 28–34, 43

  and fermentation process, 259

  flours used for, 100, 166

  with levain/sourdough, 41, 49–50, 52–55, 60–65, 96

  making/baking of, 3, 14, 18–22, 24–26, 38–54

  renaissance of, 33–37, 41, 43

  state regulations for, 36

  as symbol of France, 26–27, 43

  bakeries, neighborhood, 4–6, 14, 26, 32, 49

  bakers

  camaraderie among, 110

  and consistency, 128

  as family tradition, 37, 45

  at home, 20–21, 30, 38, 90–91, 93, 120, 128, 133, 157–58, 247, 260

  humanity of, 251–52

  Jewish, 192–96, 202

  and lack of skill, 43

  professional, 3, 128, 260

  regulation of, 138

  and standardized bread, 31–32

  and regulations, 36

  and superlative flour, 164

  See also specific names

  baking stone, 9–10, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63–65, 119–20, 122, 124

  baking trade, 43, 99, 228

  Baking with Julia (Child), 70

  bannetons (baskets), 111

  Banville, Jule, 51

  barley, 127, 172, 186, 260

  added to flour, 75–76

  early use of, 11, 131–33, 137–38, 140, 142–46, 267

  experiments with, 215

  as food staple, 177

  health benefits of, 137

  as leaven, 73

  locally grown, 241, 248

  and making beer, 77–78

  and rye, 193, 202

  bâtards, 96

  Beach Pea Baking Co., 140

  Beard, James, 67

  Beard on Bread, 67

  Beauce, France, 33

  beer, 11, 44, 67, 72, 74, 77–80, 132, 144, 146, 148, 267, 272

  Berg, Norman, 193

  Berlin, Germany, 186, 249

  and Backferment, 127, 217

  rye bread in, 194–95, 197–209, 214–16

  and WW II, 195–97, 216

  Bertinet, Richard, 39

  biodiversity, 140, 172–73, 179, 227–28

  Bittman, Mark, 30

  Bocuse d’Or, 98

  Borlaug, Norman, 169–70

  boulangerie, 2–3, 32

  in Cucugnan, 228–30, 234

  in Paris, 18, 21–27, 36, 41–49, 239–40

  “paysannes,” 228–29

  resurrection of, 8, 36

  See also specific names

  Boulangerie Delmontel, 18, 23, 27, 29, 33–34, 38–40, 42, 49, 102, 239–40

  boules, 96, 119

  Boyce, Kim, 247

  bran, 132, 134–40, 155, 158, 163, 187, 209, 214, 230–31, 248–49, 253, 268, 271–72

  Bread (Hamelman), 72, 82

  Bread Alone (Leader), 8, 68

  Bread Bakers Guild of America, 28

  Bread Builders, The, 109

  bread making

  and consistency, 116, 128, 139–40

  as craft, 31–32, 37, 70, 104, 240, 251–52, 260

  essential elements for, 48, 100, 120, 175

  and fabrication en direct, 29–30

  foolproof method of, 30

  and free spirits, 99

  hands-on approach to, 3, 104, 252

  history of, 11, 67, 73–74, 78–79, 129–34, 137–38, 140, 231–32, 244

  as metaphor for life, 11

  oldest methods of, 67, 238

  personal connection with, 228–29, 233–34, 236, 251–52

  practicing of, 9, 13–14, 84–85, 116

  seasonal changes in, 140

  and the senses, 10–11, 13

  standardization of, 251

  two-day regime for, 111–12

  bread wheat, 104, 145, 147–48, 171–72, 244, 251, 268, 270, 272

  Breadline restaurant, 7

  Breads from the La Brea Bakery (Silverton), 69, 71

  breeding wheat, 155–58, 165, 168–77, 182, 186, 227–28, 245, 259–60, 270

  Broeck, Hetty van der, 174–77

  Brooklyn, New York, 4, 6, 12, 27, 161, 193, 215–16

  buckwheat, 127, 131, 134, 140, 143, 193, 236, 247

  Build Your Own Earth Oven (Denzer), 261

  California, northern, 91–92, 95, 99, 108, 113, 236, 246, 248

  Calvel, Raymond, 26, 33, 267

  Campanile restaurant, 69–70

  Canada, 35, 158–59, 245

  caraway seeds, 192, 194, 198, 202

  Carman, Tim, 50–53

  Carolina Ground, 246

  cast-iron griddle, 130, 149–51, 153–54

  celiac disease, 147, 174–77, 212–13, 268

  Central Milling, 113

  cereals, 78, 130–31, 141–42, 170, 176–77, 186, 213, 240, 264, 272

  Chardon, Thomas, 21–22, 26, 29, 36, 38–40, 239

  Chartres, France, 35

  Chevallier, Jim, 31

  ChewsWise.com, 60

  Chez Panisse, 90–91, 120, 248

  chickpeas, 132, 145, 153–54, 177, 205, 267

  Child, Julia, 35, 70

  China, 73, 76, 78, 147

  CIMMYT, 170–72

  CityZen restaurant, 51

  Clark, Earl, 155–57, 173

  Clark’s Cream, 155–56

  climate change, 171–72

  Cobb Neck, Maryland, 240–41

  Community Grains, 246<
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  competitions

  for baguettes, 27, 105–6

  in Las Vegas, 98–99

  in Paris, 27, 51–53, 99, 106–7

  in Washington, D.C., 51–53

  winners of, 21, 38, 53, 60, 90–91, 98, 107

  See also specific names

  corn/cornmeal, 127, 132, 134, 149, 153, 155, 166–69, 205

  country bread, 70, 108, 110, 113, 117, 215. See also pain de campagne

  Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, 98, 106–7

  crumb, 54, 66, 97, 268

  airy, 35, 55, 113, 116, 165

  of baguettes, 19, 35, 38, 48, 52–55, 60

  and fermentation, 30, 209

  holes in, 19, 35, 104, 111, 238, 267

  and lactic acid, 79

  in rye bread, 193, 208, 218

  in wheat bread, 208, 250

  crust

  of baguettes, 19–20, 26, 30–31, 35, 52–53, 60

  and fermentation, 30, 111

  flavor of, 53

  and lactic acid, 79

  and oven type, 30, 97, 98

  in rye bread, 193

  and sourdough, 66

  and sugar, 35

  wrapped up, 129

  Cucugnan, France, 225–29, 238, 259

  Cyprus, 132, 143

  Danish Rugbrød, 215

  Darby, Heather, 245

  Dean & DeLuca, 133

  Della Fattoria, 93–98, 110–11

  Delmontel, Arnaud, 21–22, 36–38, 44, 50, 239–40. See also Boulangerie Delmontel

  Delmontel, Valérie, 40

  Denzer, Kiko, 261

  diversity, 83, 140, 148

  and flour qualities, 186

  genetic, 76, 170–71, 173, 182

  of grains, 127–34, 141, 145, 177, 259

  importance of, 133

  increase in, 172, 259

  lack of, 171, 173–74, 177, 186, 259

  plant, 168, 171, 179

  dough

  elasticity of, 102–4, 114, 116, 118, 147, 174, 194, 207, 236, 268, 272

  extensibility of, 103, 165, 174, 236, 249, 267, 269

  frozen, 32, 36, 69–70

  hydration of, 16, 22, 49, 55, 84, 112–14, 121–22, 129, 153, 207, 223, 236, 270

  oxidized, 31–32, 40, 249, 271

  par-baked, 32, 69

  refrigeration of, 44, 51, 119, 153

  and sense of touch, 13, 104, 113–14, 260

  tolerance of, 103

  and “windowpane test,” 118, 237

  Du Pain et Des Idées, 41

  Durham, North Carolina, 94

  durum wheat, 127, 146–47, 171–72, 174–75, 268

  East Africa, 173

  East Coast, 159, 244–46, 251

  ecology, 74, 79, 81, 84–85, 91, 98, 113, 211–12

  Egypt, 67, 136, 146, 163, 270

  Eimer, Dirk, 198–99

  einkorn wheat, 140, 143–46, 173–77, 179, 186, 268–69, 271

  emmer wheat, 128, 140, 143, 146–47, 149–51, 171–72, 176, 186, 215, 268, 270

  England, 11, 95, 227

  enzymes, 72, 75–77, 86, 127, 138, 177, 205, 208–9, 267–68

  Ethiopia, 11, 175, 181

  EuroPain trade show, 32, 34–35, 106–7

  Europe, 8, 67

  competitions in, 107

  and bread consistency, 116

  and coarse loaves, 137–38

  and grains, 131–32, 157

  and high-extraction flour, 164

  and mad-cow scares, 36

  and rye, 192–93, 195, 272

  and seed diversity, 171

  and wheat, 11, 145–47, 175, 179, 268

  European-style loaves, 215

  famine/hunger, 132–34, 161, 169–70, 185

  farmers’ markets, 94, 99, 105–7, 168, 216, 218, 246–48

  farming

  biodynamic, 197, 244

  of grains, 128, 130–31, 142–46, 148, 155, 157

  organic, 166–68, 181, 184–85, 197, 228–29, 235–36, 240–48

  personal connection to, 167–68, 228–29, 246

  of wheat, 155–62, 168–73, 177, 179, 181–85, 227–28, 234–36, 240–46, 251–52, 259

  farro, 242

  fava bean flour, 31, 132

  Fedco seed cooperative, 180

  Feillet, Loic, 53

  fermentation, 9, 13, 20, 22, 251

  age-old techniques of, 33, 78–79

  and Backferment, 205, 267

  and carbon dioxide gas, 207–8

  and dough flavor, 45, 82

  history of, 73–77

  and industrial breads, 213

  and levain/sourdough, 16, 29, 66, 68–73, 82, 86, 92, 177, 209, 213–14, 220, 272

  long period of, 92, 111–12, 134, 209, 252, 259

  process of, 16, 43–45, 48, 75–76, 260

  and refrigeration, 119, 272

  and rye, 205, 218

  stimulation of, 29–30, 50, 72, 127

  Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, 94

  Fertile Crescent, 141–45, 147–49, 157, 252, 267–68

  Feuillas, Maryse, 232

  Feuillas, Roland, 55, 225, 227–40, 248, 252–54, 259

  Feuillas, Valérie, 225, 227, 230

  Field, Carol, 93

  Fife, David and Jane, 158

  flatbread, 15, 129–30, 132, 149, 153–54

  flavor, 35, 42, 118, 260

  of baguettes, 38, 40, 50, 53–55

  and blended flours, 101, 146

  and fermentation, 76, 82, 112, 214

  flavor (cont.)

  and flour type, 81, 134, 138, 147–48, 153, 158, 198, 233, 254

  of grains, 24, 130, 134, 248

  lack of, 31, 45, 128, 214

  and lactic acid, 79, 86, 270

  and levain, 111, 231

  and pâte fermentée, 74

  of rye, 194, 202, 217

  and salt, 45–46, 54

  and sourdough, 66, 72, 81–82

  and water, 231

  of wheat, 44, 46, 146, 155, 165, 253, 273

  and wood-fired ovens, 47, 97–98

  flax/flaxseeds, 3, 127, 135, 145, 258

  flour, 128–29, 252, 260

  and additives, 31, 33–36, 104

  all-purpose, 16, 104, 158

 

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