This is a bread baker's handbook, with more than 50 recipes and over 200 step-by-step photographs, instructing how to make master baker Chad Robertson's legendary bread at home.

Chad Robertson, co-owner of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, developed his unique bread during two decades of apprenticeship with the finest artisan bakers in France and the United States. A hundred photographs from years of testing, teaching, and recipe development provide step-by-step inspiration, while additional recipes provide inspiration for using up every delicious morsel.