The author has condensed his lifetime of knowledge and passion for the most
popular elements of Italian cuisine into this book of baking recipes. This
title is packed with tips on how to create his dishes, and advice on the best
quality ingredients available. "It is certainly not a coincidence that some
of the rites of the Catholic Church are centred around bread, which is given
to people as a representation of something pure--of life itself," Antonio
Carluccio writes in the introduction to his book Baking which forms part of
The Carluccio Collection. "In fact bread has been the symbol of basic food
in Western Society for the last four or five thousand years, just as rice has
been for Eastern cultures." This book will teach you how to make the whole
range of Italian breads, from "Focaccia" to "Cantucci" (Tuscan Almond Biscuits)
to "Panfote" (Traditional Tuscan Cake). Carluccio's delicatessen in Covent
Garden, London, is famous for it's bread and if you can't get there to buy it,
this book is the next best thing.
The photographs--by Carluccio's wife Priscilla--are also excellent. --Dale Kneen

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