Breads & bakes - Carrie O'Regan

Making bread is one of the most satisfying arts of the home cook. Commercial bread-making may have improved out of all recognition in recent years, but still nothing can beat the taste of home-made bread. The smell of baking bread alone can work wonders to lift the spirits.
But many home cooks still fight shy of bread-making, thinking there must be some special mystery to it. Not so. As Carrie O'Regan shows in Breads and Bakes all you need are a few simple techniques and you can make a huge range of delicious breads and rolls, both sweet and savoury.
As well as the traditional loaves there are some surprising flavours and ingredients in this book: the addition of mashed potatoes gives a beautiful, moist texture to Potato Bread, while Feta Cheese and Sage Cottage Loaf is deliciously savoury. There are some wonderful sweet breads such as chocolate, coconut and lime and even a fruit pizza.