Here's a good photo of the top slab completely surrounded by perlite insulation, ready for firebrick and sand mold. Our oven builders are taking off for awhile, and they probably won't get back to the oven until mid-July.
Bread First is a book for beginners. Everything a beginner needs to know can be found here. You can expect to bake great bread the first time. The process is simple, and the ingredients are readily available. "No knead" baking is for everyone. No experience is required. Clear instructions with photos make everything extra easy.
Bread Earth And Fire: Earth Ovens And Artisan Breads
For the past couple of years I've been revising my book, Bread Earth And Fire. I've added the subtitle Earth Ovens And Artisan Breads because I feel this more fully explains what the book is about. Along with the photos, you'll now find drawings that better illustrate the oven building process, new ovens to build as well a history of bread from the "beginning of time."
Bread Earth And Fire: Earth Ovens And Artisan Breads is available as an ebook or print copy from Lulu.
Amazon's Createspace carries a print copy of the book.
Stu's Art Gallery
Dead River Rough Cut (the movie)
Walt feeds gorby bird. Most requested movie at the Maine State Prison
Dead River Rough Cut
For information about Stu Silverstein's and Richard Searls' backwoods movie, go to: www.deadriverroughcut.com.
I write about bread and wood-fired bread ovens. Sourdough bread baking is my specialty. While the dough is rising I have time to make art, lots of art. Each winter I travel to Guatemala to build energy efficient stoves for the Mayas.