The Book of Buns: Over 50 brilliant bakes from around the world

I have baked my way through a few of these recipes and am really impressed with the results. I am not a novice at bread making, but I'm always looking for some new inspiration and a recipe I haven't tried yet. The beauty of small rolls or buns is that you can throw a few into the freezer for another time and they make perfect additions to any lunch box. Delicious recipes are thoughtfully photographed and a little bit of information about the geography and history of each bun is included. This is a perfect second book to jane's 'all you knead is bread', first book. I'd certainly recommend this one to anyone who has an interest in bread making or baking in general. It is the perfect repertoire expander! I hope there's another book soon!

Some lovely recipes from around the world - & great to have some thing that can be smaller portions and frozen (since there are only 2 of us at home usually). Why 4 stars? Because the index is not that helpful - it would be useful to have additional indices which list, for example, savoury and sweet, filled and not, or similar. You really do have to hunt through if looking for example for a nice, simple savoury bread roll.

I have now baked a few savoury and sweet buns from this book, and I've been very happy with all of them. I definitely not a beginner with baking, but I still found a few new tips and techniques that seem to work quite nicely. The recipes are quite varied, with buns from all over the world, and each has good pictures and step by step explanations. I'm particularly pleased about the fact that a few of the recipes I had never seen in any of my other baking cookbooks!

This is the third copy I have bought: second and third for presents. I have now baked more than 2/3rd of all the recipes, and am finding the group on facebook inspiring. Jane Mason, the author is very encouraging. I am learning many techniques and am finding the different buns and flavours delicious, and enjoying sharing them with friends. Each time I bake from the book, I write about them on my blog. It has also inspired me to develop my own recipes and shaping.

Good book with lots of different recipes and suggestions of different ingredients that can be used - i.e. you don't only need fresh yeast for all. Sometimes don't realise a recipe has to be started ahead - which can be a little frustrating. Otherwise lots to recommend!

The recipes were so easy to follow for the ones I have tried out so far and all have turned out so well. At some stage I am going to have a go at all the recipes. The book is well written and I cannot see a reason why someone looking to start their own business cannot use this book to market premium buns. Jane definitely deserves 5 stars for this amazing book of buns.

This bread book in one word FAB!!! I love discovering new bread recipes and this is chock full of them, bun recipes from all four corners of the globe. I was trying out recipes within hours of delivery of this book. 50 plus bakes so my family get to enjoy a new bread every week, yummy!

I have now made about 12 recipes from this book - buns are a lot easier to master than full-sized loaves, and this book gives really good tips ("worry about the raisins, the dough will recover").

世界各地の丸パンが勢ぞろい。日本のあんパンも出ていました。あんパンは私が日常見かけるのとはちょっぴり違う気もしましたが、海外の方にはこんなイメージで見られているのか？と面白かったです。古本で買って、ほぼ新品というわけにはいかないと思いましたが、わずかなカバーのいたみですし、OKです。それぞれのページが美しく、見るだけでも楽しいです。

I'm a bread baker and knew what the book was like, so no complaints there. The book iis of good quality given it is in used condition.

I bought this book as a relatively inexperienced baker. In an effort to avoid factory food, I started making the bread for my family. I found out that making rolls was more suitable to our needs. I can bake them in the weekend, put them in the freezer and during the week my family can just pull out what they need per day out of the freezer. Always fresh bread. The book is full of fabulous recipes! It also does a very good job of explaining technique which is very important to any baker especially a new one. A friend and I were so enthusiastic over the book that we decided to bake our way through the entire book and started a facebook group where we do just that along with many other happy bun bakers!

Dieses Buch hat wirklich mal was mit backen zu tun, keine schnelle Pampe sondern Semmeln mit Geschmack und Charakter. Man braucht - wie immer beim backen - etwas Zeit für Vor- und Zubereitung. Darauf sollte man sich einstellen. Es werden auch tolle Basics vermittelt, so dass ein alter Brot-Back-Hase wie ich auch noch was lernen kann.

Love the book! It has lots of great recipes. Can't wait to try them all.