Praise for Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day
“…Zoë François and Jeff Hertzberg have amazingly demystified the arcane and delightful world of artisan bread. Now, on the heels of time sensitivity (Hello… 5 minutes??? Really? Yes!), comes a baking book for the health-conscious, and it couldn’t be more timely. Bottom line, I would crawl across a desert of broken glass to hop into their loaf pan…” --Andrew Zimmern, Travel Channel host, food writer and radio personality
“…it’s a vast improvement over the laborious process of making artisan breads using classic methods… in their new book, Hertzberg and François have gone one step further… baking breads that use less sugar, healthy grains, fruits and vegetables, and are friendly to those with allergies or food sensitivities…” --Associated Press
“…you can make high-quality homemade bread. There’s no need to knead or be held hostage by the clock waiting for the dough to rise… under their five-minutes-a-day method, you mix the dough in a large container and allow it to sit in the refrigerator, pulling off pieces to bake as needed over several days or weeks.” --Chicago Tribune
“We tried some of the recipes; we love ‘em… Honestly, this is the nicest, softest whole wheat sandwich bread I’ve ever made.” --P.J. Hamel, King Arthur Flour
“This is the much-anticipated sequel to the wildly popular Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day… you’ll be able to use the no-knead storage dough method with even healthier recipes… fabulous cookbooks… yummy but easy recipes!” --Mother Earth News
“The fast-bread duo has done it again…” --Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Your friends and family will think you’re a rock star. A local bachelor I know… loves the “oohs” and “ahs” he gets when he shows up to a dinner party with a fresh loaf in hand. Chick magnet? Perhaps.” --Edible Aspen Magazine
“…it actually, factually works… you cannot buy a better book for a Christmas gift. Buy both for yourself, test-drive the recipes, and then when you give both to your lucky recipient(s) you can offer pertinent tips... Soon you won’t be buying bread, you’ll be making it.” --Rick Kleffel, California Public Radio
“A dry run with the whole grain version turned out well, just as crusty, fragrant, and simple– but even better because with the switch to healthy whole grains, I’ve stopped feeling guilty about that extra slice I sneak now and then.” --Burlington Free-Press
“Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day… is a cookbook that just might change your life… Brilliant? I say yes! I sometimes read cookbooks like novels, and this book… is filled with good ideas about healthy bread baking…” --Glamour.com
“Homemade doughnuts for breakfast. On a weekday morning… Those two little doughnuts may have been coated in sugar, but they were also packed with vitamins and fiber… if you’re going to be eating fresh bread every day, your doctor will be glad to hear it’s whole-grain.” --Southwest Journal
“The drool-worthy recipes and photos for cherry tomato baguettes, red beet buns, and chocolate espresso cupcakes may inspire the most die-hard slice -and-bakers to try their hand at these fast homemade goodies.” --Tulsa World
“…unusual selections inspired from around the globe… resulting in tasty and healthy creations such as brown rice and prune bread and beet-red buns… the friendly tone, including headnotes and stories behind recipes, keep this from becoming a didactic diet book…” --Publishers Weekly
“… there are still plenty of easy recipes here… and the method is still much simpler than most traditional techniques. No proofing, no kneading, no punching down required… if you want a simple and inexpensive way to eat more whole-grain foods, “Healthy Bread” offers a relatively simple way to make good-looking, great tasting breads at home. And there are some great rye breads too!” --Leah Zeldes, DiningChicago.com
“My dog-eared copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day is a testament to how excited I am about this new release. Even healthier whole grain bread in five minutes a day? First try was a hit.” --ForkAndBottle.com
“… half the point of baking one’s own bread is to work more whole grains into your diet. Now I can have my preferred, whole grain breads fresh from the oven on a weeknight, and we’re not just talking about wheat loaves… just about every whole grain available, such as buckwheat, quinoa, millet, spelt, and brown rice…” --Lisa Lewis, Athens Banner-Herald
“… the bread masters are back, showing that… making healthy bread using their no-knead method is simple… for all who discovered artisan bread through their first book and for the health-conscious bread-lovers everywhere, this book is a must-have.” --Danny Gruber, Lexington Clipper Herald
Praise for Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
“Soon the bread will be making itself… The crusty, full-flavored loaf that results may be the world’s easiest yeast bread.” --The New York Times
“… even people who’ve spent their lives avoiding the kitchen can whip up a loaf of bread in five minutes…” --The Today Show
“… a book that has eliminated that marathon of prep and angst… the aroma’s wonderful, and there’s a slightly sour tang… ooh, that’s dynamite! This is fabulous…” --Lynne Rossetto Kasper, on The Splendid Table radio show, 12/15/2007
“Bread baking at home saves hundreds every year. With this incredible easy method, each loaf will only cost you about 50 cents and 5 minutes a day… The Mother Earth News editors give a big, fat stamp of approval to this incredible cookbook, which proves that there is enough time in life for baking, and that it can save you big bucks…” --Mother Earth News, January 2009
“So let me cut to the chase: I may have found the holy grail of bread making, folks… Hertzberg and François's method is a home run, making the intimidating and mythical a done (and tasty) deal.” --Kim O’Donnel, Washington Post Online
“… the verdict is in. It’s true. [Hertzberg and François] have taken the home baking world by storm… [taking] all the variables out of baking yeast breads: the time, the hassle, the waiting and the worrying… I stand before you a changed woman, and a consistent home baker of artisan bread. It’s the rustic, beautiful kind of bread that is made once a day, consumed by family and then replaced the following day. Every day.” --Mary Hunt, DebtProofLiving.com
“… whenever we need bread, I just dip into the container, pull out some dough, let it rest a bit and then bake a loaf, rolls, or pizza. This method is amazingly simple—and creates authentic European-style fresh bread… The cost? about 40 cents for a one-pound loaf!” --Woman’s Day Magazine
“… the easy, streamlined method… if your family includes teens… who get home before you do, you can teach them how to shape the loaves… they may like the bread so much, they’ll do it willingly.” --Memphis Commercial Appeal
“…Homemade bread is making a comeback, and the newest motivational tome is the stupendous Artisan Breads in Five Minutes a Day… regardless of whether you’ve experienced homemade bread as a kid or just seen it in the movies, with help from François and Hertzberg, your kitchen can rival that of a European bakery…” --Andrew Zimmern, Travel Channel host, food writer and radio personality
“I love it when someone challenges conventional wisdom… and wins! Zoë and Jeff will have you baking bread in less time than it takes to make toast. Bring on the Nutella!” --Stephen Durfee, CIA pastry and baking instructor, James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef, and former executive pastry chef, the French Laundry
“If man cannot live by bread alone, it may be because Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François didn’t publish their book sooner… [They've] developed a method that makes any home into a mini artisan bake shop… Hertzberg and François’ practical, common-sense method… is, quite simply, genius.” --Robin Mathers Jenkins, Chicago Tribune
“The race to simplify bread baking is over. Who won? The home cook… An even more startling idea… is the thought that sweet enriched breads could be made successfully with shortcuts the same way that the crusty loaves could be…” --Rebekah Denn, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“… it’s turned out perfectly each time. I even let a batch of dough hang out in my fridge for a full two weeks… the bread that baked up from that older dough was wonderful, with a distinct sour taste that reminded me of the sourdough I occasionally buy from a local bakery.” --Marisa McClellan, Slashfood.com
“… even the failures had lovely, crunchy exteriors; beautiful, chewy interiors, full of air pockets, and good flavor.” --Leah Zeldes, Chicago Sun-Times
“From all the fuss, you’d think that… Hertzberg and …François had invented sliced bread, or maybe bread itself. Their book …delivers what it promises, which is a great gift to home cooks who have the desire to bake but worry that they don’t have the time or skill.” --Sylvia Carter, Newsday
“Each loaf of bread I baked tasted better than the last, with a pleasant tang, a more nuanced wheaty flavor.” --Diana Burrell, Boston Globe
“… results from the oven are easy enough for an amateur to master… but delicious enough to meet the demands of a professional chef… breads that look and taste like they came straight from a boulangerie… will henceforth be on the menu…” --Warren Edwardes, GrapesTalk UK (London)
“…the result is a sturdy, crisp loaf with a delicious flavor. Incredible but true…” --Rianne Buis, de Verdieping Trouw, Amsterdam
“… a beautiful book… changed the way the world looked at making bread at home… barely took five minutes to make… fougasse, focaccia, ciabatta, baguette, and peasant loaves are all within arms reach…” --The Times of India
“You can refrigerate the dough for as long as two weeks, cut off a piece when the spirit moves you and have fresh-baked bread.” --Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald
“Awesome, absolutely awesome! There’s so much enthusiasm in the writing that it becomes completely infectious. The book makes you want to get in the kitchen and bake– I can’t wait to have a fridge full of dough. It’s home baked bread, demystified and made utterly approachable. Even a chef can do it… Bravo!” --Riad Nasr, executive chef, Balthazar Restaurant/NYC and author of The Balthazar Cookbook
“I’m an enthusiastic convert to the no-knead revolution led by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François. Terrific homemade bread no longer means hours devoted to kneading dough, letting it rise, punching it down, and letting it rise again…” --Aleta Watson, San Jose Mercury News
“If there is a Nobel Prize for food science, I have a nomination. Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François… have made what may be the most significant advance in food preparation since someone whipped olive oil [into] mayonnaise. [They've] developed a… technique that is so easy, it takes away just about all the excuses home cooks had to not bake bread. And what bread!” --Bob Stover, Florida Today
“It looked like a loaf of artisan bread, and lo and behold, it certainly tasted like it… you get to enjoy, not only the sight of a crowd…, waiting for the bread to emerge, but the wafting aroma of a bread that your grandmother would have appreciated– but would never have paid $6 a loaf for.” --Sasha Paulsen, Napa Valley Register
“It feels a bit sinful for bread baking to be so easy.” --Harry Merritt, Baltimore Sun
“If holiday gift-givers are aiming to buy one new cookbook title for the bakers in their lives, they should look no further than the remarkable Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day… Hertzberg and François should have called their burst of genius “Breadmaking for Dummies — that’s how user-friendly it is… their master recipe is wildly flexible, generously adapting to a wide range of breads, pizzas, flatbreads and pastries.” --Rick Nelson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Hertzberg… and François… have come up with a quick, simple method that produces a crusty loaf as good, if not better than, most bakeries do. The instructions are brief and so clearly written the loaves practically assemble themselves… I’ve tried four of the recipes, and they were all winners. Finally, loafing around proves to be productive.” --Kathie Jenkins, St. Paul Pioneer Press
“The interior of the loaf was so delicious and warm and moist, it was enough to make you cry… go buy the book, people. Anyone who figures out a way to make something this good this easy should be rewarded…” --Jeff Houck, Tampa Tribune
“… stands above the crowd for its ease: Mix flour, any kind of yeast, salt, and water. Let it sit for about two hours, refrigerate for up to two weeks and cut off chunks of dough when ready to bake…” --Karen Fernau, Arizona Republic
“Already addicted to her desserts and generous spirit, if I can pick one person to teach me the craft of bread making, Zoë François it shall be. Together with Jeff Hertzberg, they give us a tome that shall inspire our learning experience and inspirit our homes and kitchens with the warmth of fresh baked breads. Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day will forever change your attitude towards and enjoyment of freshly baked breads.” --Suvir Saran, chef/owner, Devi/NYC, and author, American Masala and Indian Home Cooking
“The two teamed up–chemist and alchemist… “[Hertzberg and François]…explain how to bake European-style breads in less time than a trip to the store… the bread has a lovely crackly crust and is dense and moist with a distinct light sourdough tang.” --Beth Dooley, Mpls/St Paul Magazine
“Breads anyone would be happy to come home to… The concept is inspired. Spend about 20 minutes making a large batch of refrigerator-friendly, no-knead bread dough that, following a standard rise, can keep up to two weeks… Total active time each day you bake is about five minutes…” --J.M. Hirsch, Associated Press
“Hertzberg… and François have come up with recipes that even the most Neanderthal of bakers can pull off.” --Jessica Armbruster, City Pages
“… the first edition of the cookbook sold out before Christmas… By some accounts, it’s one of the fastest-selling cookbooks ever… I tried one recipe, and the very next day I was on the phone to the nearest bookstore, asking to reserve a copy for me.” --Jo Marshall, St. Paul Highland Villager
“No weighing, no proofing, no poking, no punching, no kneading, no exacting rise times, no window-pane stage, no autolyse, no worrying whether the dough has doubled or tripled in volume… at home, I discovered that it really is that easy… we had hot, fresh, homemade bread on a weeknight.” --Tricia Cornell, Southwest Journal
“Their innovative approach to high-brow artisan baking appeals to my lazy-man sensibility. Zoë and Jeff offer you a bread basket that brims with chewy boules, crusty baguettes, crispy-thin pizzas, buttery naans, and rich-sweet brioches–all served with an ounce of science and a pound of creativity.” --Raghavan Iyer, 660 Curries and Turmeric Trail
“…An intriguing concept– high-quality, fresh bread in less time than it takes to boil water…those looking for an innovative approach to making bread just might find it in these recipes…” --Publishers Weekly
“Any dummy can make them...these easy, excellent loaves fool people into thinking I can cook.” --Amy Goetzman, Minnpost.com