The English Bread Book Author:Eliza Acton The last of Eliza Acton's great books, published two years before her death in 1859. It is not only a splendid collection of bread recipes of all sorts, from household bread to Sally Lunns; it is also a polemic on healthy eating. There are chapters on flours, yeasts, ovens and bread baking for beginners, all written in her usual pure and engagin... more »g style. Elizabeth Ray, the well-known food writer and authority on Eliza Acton, contributes an informative general introduction to this handsome reprint.« less