| "Serious, irreverent, funny and informative
at the same time, 52 Loaves reflects precisely the frustrating and infuriating—if not impossible—process of creating the perfect bread." |
| —Jacques Pépin |
Four years after introducing the phrase "a $64 tomato" to the lexicon with a critically-acclaimed best-seller about the joys, trials, humor, and humiliations of gardening, I've returned to lay waste to the kitchen as I embark on a year of baking bread in a determined attempt to reach a simple but deceptively elusive goal — create the perfect loaf of peasant bread. Growing and threshing my own wheat, builiding an oven from the clay in my garden, taking an ill-conceived trip to Paris to study baking, followed by an iller-conceived trip to North Africa in search of "honest" bread, I may lose my judgment, but never my enthusiasm or passion, in the entertaining and informative memoir, 52 Loaves: A Half-Baked Adventure.
From the links atop this page, you'll find information about my books, my speaking schedule, and what else is on my mind. Visit the feature-rich websites for 52 Loaves and The $64 Tomato for photographs and videos, recipes and reviews, reader feedback, and more.
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What the critics say about William Alexander...
His writing is engaging, well paced and informative — The New York Times Book Review
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Engaging, funny, and down-to-earth — Entertainment Weekly
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His timing and his delivery are flawless. — The New York Times Magazine
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Consistently funny — The Washington Post
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