Notes about Recipes in this book

• Ann Nurse's baked stuffed peppers (Peperoni imbotttiti)

  • mad1234it on January 12, 2026

    Really enjoyed these peppers. Simple to cook, capers and pine nuts yummy

• Albert Kumin's kaiser rolls

  • Zosia on March 23, 2017

    These had good flavour and texture (soft and slightly chewy), particularly for a same-day bread without a preferment. The recipe doesn't suggest an alternative shaping method to a kaiser roll stamp.

• Mexican sandwich rolls (Teleras)

  • Zosia on November 16, 2016

    These were excellent sandwich buns, like soft baguettes with a thin, crisp crust as promised. This was my first time baking from this book and I found the method to be clear and concise but there were a few instances of sloppy editing: you do need the 2 cookie sheets referenced in the instructions though you're initially told to prepare only one; no mention is made of what to do with the spray bottle of water (I spritzed the buns before baking and the oven interior during the first few minutes to create steam); the recipe makes 8 buns at ~180g each, not 120g.

  • mph993 on April 03, 2018

    I also was confused about what to do with the spray bottle on the ingredient list. I made 12 buns at ~120g, and they were a nice size. The 8, as suggested, are huge!

• Jewish braised Sabbath bread (Challah)

  • nadiam1000 on August 22, 2016

    used about a cup less of flour and did a 4 strand braid instead of 2 stacked braids. Bread was baked in 25 minutes, not the 40 called for in the recipe. Topped one loaf with poppy and the other with sesame. Light and moist - really nice texture.

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