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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 641 EAN: 9780967984674 Edition: 3 Rev Exp ISBN: 096798467X Label: Hand Print Press Manufacturer: Hand Print Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 132 Publication Date: 2007-04 Publisher: Hand Print Press Studio: Hand Print Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Kiko Denzer and Hannah Field, maker and baker, invite you into the artisan tradition. First, build a masonry oven out of mud. Then mix flour and water for real bread better than anything you can buy. Total cost? Hardly more than a baking stone and it can cook everything else, from 2-minute pizza to holiday fowl, or a weeks meals. Clear, abundant drawings and photos clarify every step of the process, from making oven mud, to fire, and to bread. Informative text puts it all into context with artisan traditions of many ages & cultures. Beautifully sculpted ovens (by the author and readers) will inspire the artist in anyone. And the simple, 4 step recipe (based on professional and homestead experience) promises authentic hearth loaves for anyone, on any schedule. From weekend gardeners to "simple living," back-to-the-landers; Peace Corps volunteers to neighborhood community-builders; third-graders to earth-artists of all ages, this book feeds many hungers! updated, expanded, re-written, & revised. foreword by Alan Scott, the grandfather of wood-fired ovens and artisan bread. super-insulated design holds heat longer with less wood burned. 8 pages of color photos. Plus: mobile ovens, rocket mass heaters for the home, hay-box cookers, and more. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Perfect SolutionEverything I was looking for - now all I need is the time to build my own woodfired oven.Build Your Own Earth Oven, 3rd Edition: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves Rating:  - Great BookThis was a great book with lots of information about building your own mud oven. It was easy to follow how to build the oven and there was a lot of explaining about how and why every little thing worked. Rating: - Build Your Own Earth Oven, 3rd Edition: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves Great book and easy to read and follow. I built my first 22" over a couple days after reading the book. I'll make my bread for Thanksgiving in the oven! Rating: - Practical and well conceivedThis is a well written book, nicely illustrated and with a well thought out structure. It covers everything you should need to know on how to build an earth oven. The writing is clear and concise, while still conveying the obvious joy of someone who is genuinely inspired by their subject. I especially liked it because it contains a lot of technical detail illustrated with many examples and not much of the boring, preachy philosophical rambling that you find in so many books on hand building from ... Read More Rating: - Earth Oven, how to build and outdoor oven. This book is perfect for someone wanting to build an outdoor oven. It address every issue that you may encounter and provides many examples of the various styles and techniques. There are pages that tell you what kinds of materials are best for different applications, how to mix your mud, the various methods for insulating and how to use the completed oven. 
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