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Book Synopsis''Shipton Mill: the flour fuelling Britain''s baking revolution.'' the Guardian
''A beautiful and comprehensive guide to baking with a variety of grains and flours... a must for any avid baker.'' Good Housekeeping
''Foolproof recipes from flour expert Tess Lister are ideal for bakers of all abilities'' Great British Food Magazine
''It''s such a treat to be allowed into the world of Shipton Mill through this book...The tradition of milling flour and making bread is a timeless one. Keeping things simple when so much in life gets more complicated is actually really hard... [and] deserves to be celebrated.'' Yotam Ottolenghi
A Handful of Flour is the only bread-making book you need to start baking delicious food at home.
In this, their first, much-anticipated book, Tess Lister of Shipton Mill will show you how to choose the best flour for breads, pastry, pizza, cakes, tarts, biscuits and more.
Trade Review
This book will help you to discover and bake with incredible varieties of grains and flours. Bonne boulange! * Richard Bertinet *
It's such a treat to be allowed into the world of Shipton Mill through this book. We get to meet the Shipton family, friends and millers, we learn about all sorts of flours and then, to boot, get inspired to cover our own kitchen work surfaces in flour. The tradition of milling flour and making bread is a timeless one. Keeping things simple when so much in life gets more complicated is actually really hard. Any business or book which manages to pull this off deserves to be celebrated. * Yotam Ottolenghi *
John Lister's artful blend of idealism, manufacturing ingenuity and style has made Shipton the UK's leading organic mill and a key supplier of fl our to the artisan bread revolution. The story of a restless creativity at work is jauntily told by his daughter in this exposition of life in an exceptional country mill, celebrating grain, flour and bread with a host of information and well-worked contemporary recipes. * Andrew Whitley, author of Bread Matters and founder of the Real Bread Campaign *
This is the book I've been waiting for... what a joy to see the skills and knowledge being passed on with such passion by the miller's daughter. * Darina Allen *
A Handful of Flour; recipes from Shipton Mill, has sought to gather all her family's knowledge about flour in one place, along with some delicious recipes, from bread, to pasta and puddings. * The Telegraph *
A beautiful and comprehensive guide to baking with a variety of grains and flours... a must for any avid baker. * Good Housekeeping *
Foolproof recipes from flour expert Tess Lister are ideal for bakers of all abilities. * Great British Food Magazine *
This book will help you to discover and bake with incredible varieties of grains and flours. Bonne boulange! -- Richard Bertinet
It's such a treat to be allowed into the world of Shipton Mill through this book. We get to meet the Shipton family, friends and millers, we learn about all sorts of flours and then, to boot, get inspired to cover our own kitchen work surfaces in flour. The tradition of milling flour and making bread is a timeless one. Keeping things simple when so much in life gets more complicated is actually really hard. Any business or book which manages to pull this off deserves to be celebrated. -- Yotam Ottolenghi
John Lister's artful blend of idealism, manufacturing ingenuity and style has made Shipton the UK's leading organic mill and a key supplier of fl our to the artisan bread revolution. The story of a restless creativity at work is jauntily told by his daughter in this exposition of life in an exceptional country mill, celebrating grain, flour and bread with a host of information and well-worked contemporary recipes. -- Andrew Whitley * author of Bread Matters and founder of the Real Bread Campaign *
This is the book I've been waiting for... what a joy to see the skills and knowledge being passed on with such passion by the miller's daughter. -- Darina Allen
A beautiful book, drawing on a wealth of expertise and tradition... Bread making enthusiasts will love the likes of rock salt and rosemary focaccia, but there are also recipes for quiches, pizzas, pasta and puddings. -- Juanita Coulson * The Lady *
A Handful of Flour; recipes from Shipton Mill, has sought to gather all her family's knowledge about flour in one place, along with some delicious recipes, from bread, to pasta and puddings. * Telegraph *
Shipton Mill: the flour fuelling Britain's baking revolution. * the Guardian *
A beautiful and comprehensive guide to baking with a variety of grains and flours... a must for any avid baker. * Good Housekeeping *
Foolproof recipes from flour expert Tess Lister are ideal for bakers of all abilities * Great British Food Magazine *
