[Sca-cooks] OOP: beginner's bread books

[Terry Decker]

I use Nick Maglieri's How To Bake.  

Bear

> My dad would really like to learn to make bread; I make it whenever I
> visit, but that's only once or twice a year.  Even some of the bread
> available at Whole Foods doesn't meet his standards (he doesn't like soft
> bread, and even some of the multi-grain breads available these days are
> too squeezable).  I can no longer remember how I learned to bake bread,
> and the books I use now would only confuse him.  Can anybody recommend a
> good book (or a general cookbook with a good bread section) for a
> beginner?  He's a competent cook, but not a baker.
> 
> Sandra