The Bread of Dreams, Recipes and Portraits of the Mistresses of Psomi

Dorette Snover's Bread of Dreams is an enchanting companion to her novel Tales of the Mistress, an elegiac journey on the wings of a dream through her sixteenth-century Mediterranean characters, illustrated with fascinating, unique, and delicious-sounding recipes for a variety of breads and other foods. Bread of Dreams is a poetic tour-de-force with intriguing characters, wonders, and enticing recipes that will have you dreaming of bread. Clifford A. Wright, Winner of the James Beard Cookbook of the Year and Beard Award for the Best Writing on Food for A Mediterranean Feast in 2000 and An Italian Feast 2023 The Bread of Dreams just might make you dream of not only heavenly breads, but also sweet cookies, rich stews, and rustic dishes that will make you wish for a time machine to take you back to an era when everyone cooked these luscious dishes. Debra Borchert, author of Soups of Château de Verzat: A Literary Cookbook & Culinary Tribute to the French Revolution. Ambrosial bread recipes based on ancient wisdom woven into a delightful tale of suspense lead the reader on a journey of discovery across the present-day Mediterranean, revealing the secrets of long-lost bread-making and Old-World languages and cultures as Epi searches for the bread of dreams and a lost mother. Jonell Galloway, The Rambling Epicure In The Bread of Dreams Dorette Snover takes her readers back in time to a world where Persephone roamed the fields and the goddess Hestia tended the hearth. Ancient grains of the Mediterranean that we are only now rediscovering: spelt, blue emmer, trakhanas and beyond return the taste of the olive orchard covered hills of yore to the bread basket. For those who've read the stories and savored the descriptions from her novel, Tales of the Mistress, as well as those who've yet to crack its cover, this much anticipated companion cookbook shares the savoir-faire of the past brought forward to our modern kitchens. Flavors and methods will delight the creative cook and enrich many a feast. Check the ingredients' list, fill your pantry, and prepare to tempt your senses. Madeleine Vedel, owner Provence Cooks LLC, Touring Company