Rick Curry (1943–2015)

This book contains recipes from all over the world, and is divided up by seasons of the church year. Each recipe is accompanied by anecdotes about people, origins of the bread, notes from Jesuit literature, or personal memoirs of the author. There are many recipes in here that I would love to try. Baking bread is a great stress reliever and makes one's house smell heavenly (pun intended).

The recipes are great but the small histories are interesting, too. A very worthwhile addition to my cookbook collection.

Good introduction to baking bread, great collection of working artisan recipes.