Orwashers Artisan Bread
Another labor of love, Orwashers Artisan Bread is the newest-latest project for Race Point Publishing and The Book Shop, Ltd.
Working closely with the bakery's owner, photographers Josh Shaub, Grant Delin and Josh Hoffman and The Book Shop's dedicated editorial team, I just put the finishing touches on this book. A pleasure to design, Artisan Bread is the go-to resource for making the bakery's amazing creations at home.
Here's a bit about the book from the Race Point website.
In 2007, Keith Cohen purchased New York’s Orwasher’s Bakery, listed among the top ten bakeries in America. He launched a new line of Artisan Wine Breads in 2009 under the brand name Oven Artisans. Cohen created his new breads with a wine grape starter in collaboration with Channing Daughters Vineyard in Long Island.
The technique used dates back to ancient Egypt, where bakers who were baking bread in the same facility as wine was being fermented discovering that the natural yeast in the air from the fermenting grapes would leaven the bread and give it special flavor.
In 2010, Cohen premiered his beer bread—a chewy, dark-hued creation with a nutty, robust flavor that comes from the Otis Stout from Sixpoint Craft Ales that’s mixed into the dough.
Artisan Bread will feature the techniques used as well as the recipes for Orwasher’s most famous breads adapted specifically to facilitate home baking.
After a project is finished, it's always fun to go back and see how it elolved. Including the early sketches and proposal with my client to the publisher, the work on this book goes back almost a year. Check out how the look and feel of Artisan Bread has changed over the months.
