Book: A Book of Bread - Issa Niemeijer
Bread is everyday and familiar, but A Book of Bread is exceptional and surprising. While it teaches you how to make the perfect baguette, it takes bread baking back to basics, to understanding, feeling and intuïtie. Accessible and unpretentious.
About the author: Coming from a family with French and Italian ties, Issa Niemeijer-Brown grew up in a tradition of home baking and appreciation for quality and simplicity. He chose the baking profession after first graduating cum laude as a sociologist at the University of Amsterdam. After years of training at leading bakeries in the Netherlands, France and Italy; Issa Niemeijer-
Brown – initially founded a traditional French bakery in the heart of Amsterdam, the Niemeijer Brothers, together with his brother – in 2008. His bakery has since also become internationally renowned for its croissants, patisserie and bread.
'That Issa has written down his recipe for us is the biggest celebration of the year! HUERA!'
– Yvette van Boven
"Insiders have known it for a long time: the tastiest bread in Amsterdam and far and wide is baked by Issa and his bakers.'
– Cees Holtkamp
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