Dear Child

Chad Robertson, of San Francisco, is a breadmaster at Bar Tartine and Tartine Bakery.Robertson has released his third cookbook, Tartine Book No. 3, which focuses on whole grain breads. He was inspired to create the book after a visit to Denmark, where bakers were "cultivating dozens of wheat varieties. In the book Robertson uses amaranth, quinoa, and other sprouted grains to add texture, flavor, and nutrition to his bread loaves. He believes there is an untapped resource of grains that can be combined in different ways. Robertson explains that since bread is essentially just flour, water, and salt he adds grains and employs fermentation methods for flavor.

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