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Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day!

May 9, 2011June 16, 2019 Zoë François 14 Comments

This has been a big week in my household. My eldest child turned 12 and got an electric guitar, we celebrated Mother’s day with breakfast in bed, and my first book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day made the Wall Street Journal Best-sellers list. I have all of you to thank for this last piece of good news. We are beyond thrilled and grateful that the book continues to bring homemade bread into so many homes!

Finally, after two years of eating artisan pizza at nearly every meal (my kids love me for it), our third book is available on Amazon for pre-order. It is a thrill to see it alive and in color after working so hard on it. Though the official publication date for the Pizza book is October 25, 2011 (just in time for cooler weather), you can place a pre-order for Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day now on Amazon.

Cheers! Zoë

Please visit breadin5.com for recipes and if you have any questions about the books.

How Should Rising Bread Dough Look?

January 18, 2008February 7, 2022 Zoë François 129 Comments

Several of you have had questions about the right type of bucket to be using when storing your dough from “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day”. I have many that fit the bill beautifully, these are just a few! It depends on the size and shape of your refrigerator and how much dough you intend to make. There are a few basic guidelines to storing your dough in a bucket: Read More

Sunny-Side-Up Apricot Pastry (Plus tips on vanilla pastry cream!)

January 14, 2008December 9, 2019 Zoë François 14 Comments

Sunny-Side-Up Apricot Pastry | ZoëBakes | Photo by Zoë François — Photo by Mark Luinenburg from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

In Minnesota for the past week it has been a little too gray for my taste. The one consolation to all the cold and snow we get around here are the endless clear blue skies. They are rather remarkable and make the winters tolerable. When they refuse to show themselves through the clouds I go cold. This means I need a little something to brighten up my day. Something sweet! Something easy and quick. Sunny-Side-Up Apricot Pastry (p. 225) will do the trick. A combination of buttery brioche, luscious vanilla pastry cream and tangy sweet apricots. Read More

Celebrating at Barnes and Noble

November 17, 2007November 21, 2007 Zoë François Leave a comment

Artisan bread in Five Minutes a Day officially hit the book stores on November 13th and Jeff and I were there to celebrate. There wasn’t a formal party in our honor so Jeff brought a bottle of champagne and we toasted to this wild adventure in the parking lot. Cheers!!!