I met Martin Philip years ago, when-at my son's voice lesson-he handed me a steaming, fragrant loaf of bread to take home. Years later, when I was doing research for a novel and needed to learn about making bread, I turned to him for a private tutorial. But in addition to being an excellent baker, Martin is also an excellent ... Read morewriter. Breaking Bread is truly a feast -a history of bread itself, cleverly hidden within the story of a man who fell in love with baking. With verbal descriptions that burst on the tongue and recipes that your hands itch to try, this beautiful book is food for the soul.
Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things Show Less