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Praise for the first edition of the first title, The Long Loaf - bread for all days

 “The Long Loaf is beautiful meditation on bread, both practical and poetic. I find myself picking it up repeatedly and reading it in small bits, quiet reminders of the rewards of flour and salt and yeast and practice.”

- Tamar Adler, author of An Everlasting Meal and Something Old, Something New

“I trust Andrew’s palate and sensibilities implicitly. He understands how flavor and memory are entwined and writes about food with uncommon nuance and deep knowledge. His latest book on bread is an invaluable resource for any baker and, moreover, betrays his unebbing culinary curiosity, to the benefit of any reader.”

- Fanny Singer, author of Always Home

“Andrew Barton’s excellent book The Long Loaf is that rare thing: part recipes, part journal, part philosophy and part musings, but never anything less than erudite, witty and engaging. I particularly loved Barton’s idiosyncratic metaphors for bread making and serving: in the chapter ‘No Filler’ for example he compares how bread accompanies eating much like the order of songs on an album. A thoroughly entertaining and compelling read.“

- Russell Norman, author of Polpo, Spuntino, and Venice: Four Seasons

“If you love beautiful writing and bread, this is for you. Bread as poetry.”

- Aran Goyoaga, author of Canelle et Vanille

“Poet-scientist of the pan loaf, Andrew Barton, guides you through every crumb of the bread baking process in this slim, handsome, conversational handbook. His delightful obsessiveness is infectious. As much a guide to enjoying and sharing what we make as it is a guide to making bread— in other words, a book for all of us. ”

- Marjory B. Sweet, author of Farm Lunch

“The Long Loaf is an utterly charming meditation on the art of making and breaking bread. Barton’s writing strikes just the right balance between lyricism and instruction, capturing the nuances of his baking practice while helping the reader consider—and create—their own. Before reading The Long Loaf, I was afraid to bake bread. Now I am not. Thank you, Andrew!”

- Kate Lebo, author of The Book of Difficult Fruit