Southern Ground

<b><b>A groundbreaking tour of Southern craft bakeries featuring more than 75 rich grain-forward recipes from one of the leaders of the cold stone-milled flour movement in the South.</b> <p/>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>GARDEN & GUN </i>- I felt like I was there on the journey with Jennifer Lapidus herself as I read her beautifully written book.--Peter Reinhart author of <i>The Bread Baker's Apprentice</i></b> <p/>At Carolina Ground flour mill in Asheville North Carolina Jennifer Lapidus is transforming bakery offerings across the southern United States with intensely flavorful flour made from grains grown and cold stone-milled in the heart of the South. While delivering extraordinary taste texture and story cold stone-milled flour also allows bakers to move away from industrial commodity flours to create sustainable and artisanal products. <p/>In <i>Southern Ground </i> Lapidus celebrates the incredible work of craft bakers from all over the South. With detailed profiles on top Southern bakers and more than seventy-five highly curated recipes arranged by grain <i>Southern Ground</i> harnesses the wisdom and knowledge that the baking community has gained. Lapidus showcases superior cold stone-milled flour and highlights the importance of baking with locally farmed ingredients while providing instruction and insight into how to use and enjoy these geographically distinct flavor-forward flours. <i>Southern Ground</i> is a love letter to Southern baking and a call for the home baker to understand the source and makeup of the most important of ingredients: flour.