Our new book is out, just in time for the holidays! You’ll be carving turkey soon and the Christmas music will start (you know it actually starts earlier). Here’s the book with the breads you can bake for all of those occasions and many, many more. Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day is available everywhere, and online too (click to order). We’re on book tour right now, and you can click on our TV appearances in Portland, Chicago (on WGN), and in St. Louis (on KSDK-NBC, and on KTVI-Fox). Later this month, we’ll do the same in Minneapolis, where the Star Tribune named our book one of the best baking books of the year.

Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion (HCBin5) is the book I have been waiting to create since the day Jeff and I started this adventure, over a decade ago. It is full of all the sweet and pretty breads a pastry chef gets jazzed about. There are breads from all over the world, for just about every occasion. From Tahini Swirled Challah, to Christmas breads from all over Europe (and beyond), pitas for Ramadan and other celebrations, even monkey bread for after school and of course, there are several sticky buns and cinnamon rolls.  (more…)