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I received a copy of Daniel Leader's Living Bread for Christmas this year. While it contains 50-plus formulae for breads, Leader seems more focused on the stories of the grains, the growers, the millers, and the bakers he encountered in Europe. That's all good and makes for an engaging read, since he is obviously passionate about his subjects. I would, however, strongly

Nov 4 2007 - 6:50pmgood post I think you did a good job in putting all that information together in such an organized way.  Rye breads were always my main goal, when I decided to start making my own breads.  My husband grew up eating them regularly and enjoys them.  But so far, I have total failure with them.  I have alot of trouble shaping them and do not get any ovenspring from them.  I suspect that besides being an amateur, that I bought the whole rye or dark rye.  It was all they had ...