From scones to baguettes, pizzas to quick breads, this comprehensive collection from a master baker demystifies expert baking for home cooks. The easy-to-follow recipes will appeal to first-time bakers as well as seasoned enthusiasts. TOC and sample recipes: LOAVES: walnut bread, whole grain spelt bread, gotland loaf, carrot loaf BAGUETTES AND ROLLS: cellar French rolls, raisin rolls, overnight-rising baguettes BREAD TO ACCOMPANY MEALS: chapatti, flour tortillas, pita bread, hamburger buns PIZZAS: pizza dough, feta and eggplant pizza, chorizo pizza, garlic and arugula pizza THIN BREADS: soft thin bread, honey crisp bread, sourdough crisp bread QUICK BREADS: scones, apple scones, quick loaf with seeds and nuts SOURDOUGH BREAD: coffee and cranberry bread, plum bread SWEETBREAD: braids, cardamom rusks, saffron buns, croissants From the simple pumpernickel and rye loaves, no-knead breakfast rolls to bagels, pancetta and portabella mushroom pizza to pain au chocolate, cinnamon buns to bread sticks, with