Peter Reinhart is a teacher, baker, author and we are lucky enough to call him a friend. In 2013, he spoke at our Friday Arts Project forum, “A Place at The Table.” Now, thanks to the online streaming education company, Craftsy, we have the opportunity to sit under his teaching again.
Artisan Bread Making: Ancient and Sprouted Grains is an online course taught by Peter where you can learn the 12 stages of bread making, trade secrets and how to bake six different types of bread.
“For me,” said Peter in a recent post on his website, “teaching people to bake bread has become my life’s work, not just because I like bread, which I do (let’s face it, who doesn’t)… As many of you already know, bread baking grew out of my former life in ministry, when my wife Susan and I opened Brother Juniper’s Cafe and Bakery back in 1986, in Forestville, California as a way to provide jobs for local high school kids and to also support the religious community in which we lived. I discovered that, in addition to cooking, I had a knack for bread making and, before long, the bakery outgrew the restaurant and we were getting written up in the New York Times and other journals.”
He spent the next 25 years exploring the connection between bread and life which led to teaching jobs and multiple books being written. To hear more about his love of bread making you can watch his Ted Talk or, of course, take his online class.
