Review: The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook: Artisanal Baking from Around the World Hardcover

The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook: Artisanal Baking from Around the World Hardcover — October 13, 2015 by Jessalyn Waldman Rodriguez (Author), Julia Turshen. (Clarkson Potter/Publishers)

This is a lovely cookbook. It is an eclectic cornucopia of breads from other countries. I love the art direction in the book and the recipes. With lovely photographs by Jennifer May and a variety of recipes that you will want to try, I can recommend this to anyone who cooks and is interested in food from around the world. One of the Authors Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez is a social entrepreneur who is the founder and president of Hot Bread Kitchen based in New York. Hot Bread Kitchen is a Culinary Institute in East Harlem New York. The mission of this institute is not just to teach how to bake bread but to offer valuable education to Minority women to learn Culinary as well as Entrepreneurial skills.

The book starts with(unleavened) Flat Bread and has a nice array of various types of flatbreads. As someone who has little experience with flatbreads, I found this welcome. This section has Chapatis, Paratha, Matzo, Lavash and more with recipes included alongside these sections that complement the various breads. Mint Tea (and more importantly how to prepare it authentically as you were in a…