This practical cookbook is both an illustrated guide to the breads of the world and a bread-making manual, with over 100 recipes for delicious home-made loaves of all kinds. The book opens with a short history of breads and bread-making before describing the different types of grains, flour and extra ingredients that can be used in baking, supported with step-by-step photographs of the entire bread-making process from kneading the dough to baking the loaf. Following this is an illustrated reference guide to the different types of bread to be found across the globe with information on history, taste and shape. The recipe section that completes the book includes all the classic breads such as Irish Soda Bread, San Francisco Sourdough and Indian Parathas to less well-known recipes such as Portuguese Corn Bread and Syrian Onion Bread.

The halogen oven is a remarkable revolution in cooking, a table-top cooker that can be used on the table top plugged into an ordinary socket, which can even be taken on camping and road trips. It works by converting electrical energy into intense heat, and uses infrared waves and a fan to circulate the heat. This means food is ready in half the time of a conventional oven, without the need for cooking fat or oil, and unlike a microwave it can also brown and crisp your cooking. Wide ranging recipes include family favourites such as Roast Beef with Roast Potatoes, Chilli con Carne and Vegetable Lasagne. There are also delicious dishes for entertaining, such as Spinach and Ricotta Tart or Baked Fish with Dill Stuffing. Halogen ovens are superb for baking, and here you will find scrumptious sweet treats like Cheesecake with Summer Fruits, Double Chocolate Cookies and Orange and Peach Drizzle Cake. All the recipes are tried and tested in a range of ovens. Fully illustrated with easy-to-follow photographs, this is the essential guide for busy cooks who want to make the most of their new oven with quick, easy, nutritious and healthy dishes for every day of the week.

Bread machines provide the pleasure of creating sensational baked goods with the minimum of effort. This comprehensive guide shows you how and provides 150 heart-warming classic recipes. The book begins with an introduction to the types of breads and doughs. The techniques section explains the basics about machines, how different ingredients can be added and how traditional techniques like kneading and shaping can be used with your machine to make more specialized breads. The recipes are organized into chapters by styles of bread, and include different types from all around the world. Each has been tested and adapted for baking at home with your bread machine so that you can prepare all of your favourite breads with ease.

Today, a bread machine can make baking easier than ever before. Discover the different features of your machine and find out about ingredients. Learn how to adapt much-loved recipes for a bread machine, and how to incorporate traditional bread-making techniques to make more unusual breads. With 370 photographs, including step-by-step techniques, this is the essential guide to bread-machine baking.