{"product_id":"breaking-bread","title":"Breaking Bread","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Baker's Journey Home in 75 Recipes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Martin Philip\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYearning for creative connection, Martin Philip traded his New York City finance career for an entry-level baker's position in rural Vermont, eventually working his way up to head bread baker at King Arthur Flour. As he quickly learned, to be a true baker is to be an alchemist, transforming flour, salt, water, and yeast into an elegant expression of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the butter biscuits and whiskey bread pudding of Philip's Ozarks roots to the French baguettes and Kvassmiche of his present, \u003cem\u003eBreaking Bread\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together seventy-five original recipes with the incandescently narrated life stories of a Renaissance man turned bread shaman. With recipes that guide novices while challenging advanced bakers, Philip also provides a substantial technical section covering the bread-making process, with its tools and ingredients. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreaking Bread\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates an artisan's odyssey, and readers will come to see baking as Philip does: as a spiritual connection to our pasts, families, cultures, communities, and, ultimately, ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maine Grains","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232207646938,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/5415\/6250\/files\/IMG_1081.jpg?v=1784222640","url":"https:\/\/mainegrains.com\/products\/breaking-bread","provider":"Maine Grains","version":"1.0","type":"link"}