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`Gennaro is an incredible baker - bread has always been central to everything he does. This is a great book - incredible food and full of Gennaro-style passion` - Jamie Oliver Making bread has always been a natural passion for Gennaro Contaldo. Ingrained since childhood with memories of his mother`s weekly bread-making and visits to his uncle`s village bakery, it is a skill which has followed him throughout his career as a chef. In this book, Gennaro takes you onto a journey into the magical world of Italian bread and baking, giving you his secret tips on making the perfect dough to create wonderful Italian breads for all occasions. And not only bread - have you ever walked into an Italian panetteria (bakery) and marvelled at the amazing variety of freshly baked goods? Not only filone,
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` Gennaro is an incredible baker
- bread has always been central to everything he does. This is a great book
- incredible food & full of Gennaro-style passion`
- Jamie Oliver Making bread has always been a natural passion for Gennaro Contaldo. Ingrained since childhood with memories of his mother`s weekly bread-making & visits to his uncle`s village bakery, it is a skill which has followed him throughout his career as a chef. In this book, Gennaro takes you onto a journey into the magical world of Italian bread & baking, giving you his secret tips on making the perfect dough to create wonderful Italian breads for all occasions. & not only bread
- have you ever walked into an Italian panetteria (bakery) & marvelled at the amazing variety of freshly baked goods? Not only filone, filoncini, ciabatta, campagnia, panini, but also amazing focaccia, pizzette, biscuits & cakes. Included will be Gennaro`s fabled focaccia made in different regional varieties as well as mouth watering torte salate (Italian savoury pies) using seasonal ingredients such as spinach & artichoke oozing with fontina cheese for spring or escarole, black olives & anchovy for winter. There will be a section of rustic pane dolce (sweet breads) as well as delicious crostate (sweet pastry tarts), biscuits & traditional homemade cakes just like Nonna used to make. This book will be the ultimate in Italian bread & baking
- it will be your Italian panetteria bible where you will be able to almost smell that dreamy, irresistible aroma of fresh baking as you flick through the pages. Word count: 55, 000

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Black - A colour which does not emit any colour of the spectrum. Black absorbs all frequencies of the spectrum.

Italian - A word used ot descibe something from Italy

World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti

Rustic - An obect which has not been finely finished leaving a natural finish, often unique

Natural - not manmade

Traditional - Something that has become the same through a period of time and thus repeated.

Traditional - Something that has been around for a while and is repeated regularly.

Winter - The fourth season of a year that comes between Spring and Autumn

Cheese - A hard pale yellow food made from curds of milk.

Regional - An adjective to describe a set geographic area.

Wonderful - Another word for describing something that is extremely good, marvellous.

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