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Hardcover

A groundbreaking tour of Southern craft bakeries featuring more than 75 rich, grain-forward recipes, from one of the leaders of thecold stone-milled flour movement in the South.

I felt like I was there, on the journey with Jennifer Lapidus herself, as I read her beautifully written book.Peter Reinhart, author ofThe Bread Bakers Apprentice

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 stonemilled 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.

InSouthern Ground,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,Southern Groundharnesses 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.Southern Groundis 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.