Beautiful Bread: A Step-By-Step Guide to 75 Edible Creations

For beginner and expert bread bakers alike, learn how to turn artisan focaccia breads into over 30 showstopping edible creations!

Let professional baker and bread artist Theresa Culletto show you how to take your bread baking to the next level by turning rustic focaccia breads into artful masterpieces. In Beautiful Bread, you will not only master how to make four types of focaccia--white, whole wheat, dark multigrain, and sweet--you will also learn techniques for decorating them with vegetables, fruits, herbs, seeds, and more through over thirty stunning bread art projects inspired by flowers, famous artists, nature, and holidays, including:

• Spring Tulips
• Cherry Blossoms
• Monet’s Lily Pond
• Under the Sea
• Solar System
• Saint Patrick’s Day Lucky Clover
• Easter Basket
• Christmas Tree
• And more!

For beginners, Theresa offers a comprehensive overview of bread baking 101, including essential ingredients, tools, and terminology. For seasoned bakers, she provides a plethora of inventive tips and techniques. Complete with step-by-step instructions, a vibrant photo accompanying each project, and recipes for savory and sweet toppings and fillings, Beautiful Bread will soon have you creating edible art that’s almost too beautiful to eat . . . almost.

Theresa Culletto has been baking bread for more than 40 years. She runs her own bakery studio, Vineyard Baker, where she teaches classes and gives tutorials. She also works as a ＂breaducator＂ at local schools and libraries. Her Museum of Fine Breads includes van Dough and Salva-dough Delí galleries, and her work has appeared on BuzzFeed, Food Network, Good Morning America, New York Times, Parade, Taste of Home, Vegan Insider, and elsewhere. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.