The Bakers Guide And Practical Assistant To The Art Of Bread-Making In All Its Branches, 4th Ed.

The Bakers Guide And Practical Assistant To The Art Of Bread-Making In All Its Branches, 4th Ed.

Author: Blandy, John

Year: 1899

PREFACE. IT is with more than ordinary pleasure that I write the few words asked from me by Mr. Blandy as a preface to the Fourth Edition of the " Bakers' and Confectioners' Guide." The circumstances under which this edition is called for and published are unique, and reflect the greatest credit on Mr. Blandy. That a trade in which reading and study is so little respected should have already bought up three editions is a circumstance in itself remarkable enough, but it is more than remarkable when the text is studied. Mr. Blandy does not spare his trade, but talks out straight, and points out without flinching the sins and shortcomings to which it is addicted. I cannot agree with all the strictures set forth in the "Bakers' Guide," or subscrible to all the modes of reform the author suggests, but I can bear witness to the integrity and honesty of his opinions, and to the unselfish enthusiasm with which he has pursued the good and great work of reforming and educating the baking trade. He knows, as all reformers know, what it is to have his work disparaged and his motives misconstrued, but he troubles not, keeping his face well set to the work before him, and going heroically forwar