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The Blurb On The Back:
A tale of rediscovery and a celebration of the everyday miracle of homemade bread.
Over the course of a year, Robert Penn leans how to plant, harvest, thresh and mill his own wheat, in order to bake bread for his family. In returning to this pre-industrial practice, he tells the fascinating story of our relationship with bread: from the domestication of wheat in the Fertile Crescent at the dawn of civilisation, to the rise of mass-produced loaves and the resurgence in home baking today.
Gathering knowledge and wisdom from experts around the world - farmers on the banks of the Nile, harvesters in the American Midwest and Parisian Boulanger - Penn reconnects the joy of making and eating bread with a deep appreciation for the skill and patience required to cultivate its key ingredient. This book is a celebration of the millennia-old craft of bread making and how it is woven into the story of humanity.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Robert Penn is a journalist, woodsman and author. This is a thoroughly researched, meditative account of his experience of baking his own bread from scratch - from growing his own wheat to making his own oven. It’s a fascinating mix of memoir, travelogue (as he meets people involved in baking bread), how-to manual with some history, science and anthropology all thrown in too. You won’t look at your weekly loaf in the same way after reading it.
SLOW RISE was released in the United Kingdom on 25th February 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Over the course of a year, Robert Penn leans how to plant, harvest, thresh and mill his own wheat, in order to bake bread for his family. In returning to this pre-industrial practice, he tells the fascinating story of our relationship with bread: from the domestication of wheat in the Fertile Crescent at the dawn of civilisation, to the rise of mass-produced loaves and the resurgence in home baking today.
Gathering knowledge and wisdom from experts around the world - farmers on the banks of the Nile, harvesters in the American Midwest and Parisian Boulanger - Penn reconnects the joy of making and eating bread with a deep appreciation for the skill and patience required to cultivate its key ingredient. This book is a celebration of the millennia-old craft of bread making and how it is woven into the story of humanity.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Robert Penn is a journalist, woodsman and author. This is a thoroughly researched, meditative account of his experience of baking his own bread from scratch - from growing his own wheat to making his own oven. It’s a fascinating mix of memoir, travelogue (as he meets people involved in baking bread), how-to manual with some history, science and anthropology all thrown in too. You won’t look at your weekly loaf in the same way after reading it.
SLOW RISE was released in the United Kingdom on 25th February 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
