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Listen to Your Bread

by Ann Haut
Paperback |English |1725290057 | 9781725290051

Listen to Your Bread

by Ann Haut
Paperback |English |1725290057 | 9781725290051
Overview
A tough town like Olean offers a guy only so many job options: sweat in the stench of oil refinery crude, like his immigrant father does, suffer boredom in a factory job, or apprentice in a trade. Icky Haut chooses the latter and works his way up, one crumb at a time, in a commercial bread bakery.




Haut loves everything about baking bread: the smell and taste of yeast, the softness of flour rubbed between fingertips, the intense heat of ovens, the anticipation of a loaf's rise, and the comfort of its promise of sustenance. But after his second child is born, he realizes he's been mixing, proofing, shaping, scoring, and baking dough half his life. Is this it?




Maybe not . . . but then his great idea to expand the bakery jams him up with his boss, and he's toast. How Haut relies on family and faith to start his own bakery is the center of this real-life, local-guy-makes-good story set in the 1930s and 40s. Haut's boss calls bread the "staff of life" feeding his bottom line; the Hauts are nourished by their faith, and that shift in perspective recasts the story to hope in the "Bread of Life."
ISBN: 1725290057
ISBN13: 9781725290051
Author: Ann Haut
Publisher: Resource Publications
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2021-05-08
Language: English
PageCount: 254
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.58 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 12.16 ounces
A tough town like Olean offers a guy only so many job options: sweat in the stench of oil refinery crude, like his immigrant father does, suffer boredom in a factory job, or apprentice in a trade. Icky Haut chooses the latter and works his way up, one crumb at a time, in a commercial bread bakery.




Haut loves everything about baking bread: the smell and taste of yeast, the softness of flour rubbed between fingertips, the intense heat of ovens, the anticipation of a loaf's rise, and the comfort of its promise of sustenance. But after his second child is born, he realizes he's been mixing, proofing, shaping, scoring, and baking dough half his life. Is this it?




Maybe not . . . but then his great idea to expand the bakery jams him up with his boss, and he's toast. How Haut relies on family and faith to start his own bakery is the center of this real-life, local-guy-makes-good story set in the 1930s and 40s. Haut's boss calls bread the "staff of life" feeding his bottom line; the Hauts are nourished by their faith, and that shift in perspective recasts the story to hope in the "Bread of Life."
Editorial Reviews


"In this beautifully written retelling of her own family's journey, Dr. Ann Haut shares the hard-earned wisdom and life lessons of baker Edward 'Icky' Haut. Wisdom does not come from cheap grace but, rather, from a kind of virtuous, but counter-intuitive, obstinacy--a stubbornness anchored in hope and faith in the ultimate goodness of creation and its Creator. It is not a walk of sugar and spice, even when bread and cookies are its manifestations. It's messy, uncomfortable, and hard on loved ones, and fraught with pain and disappointment. It is a test of one's grit, as the author shows, but a test that can be met when we listen to our bread."


--Peter Reinhart, author of The Bread Bakers Apprentice and Executive Director of the Johnson & Wales University International Symposium on Bread



"Food, culture, and entrepreneurship converge in this chronicle of the European immigrant experience in the US. Yes, it is one family's story in Olean, New York, but it's also a reminder of the struggles during the Great Depression and World War II. Ann Haut's conversational writing style in this novelized family history captures the flavor of time and place. Bread offers more than sustenance here--it represents connections to cultural identity, faith, and family."


--Gail Bellamy, restaurant writer, food editor, and author of Cleveland Food Memories



"Listen to Your Bread is a story set in the small town of Olean, New York, where a young Icky Haut finds identity and vocation. The story is subtle and empathetic, delving into the community and family ties of love, duty, sympathy, forgiveness, and faith. The grace of plain and ordinary people serves to raise the human spirit for those today who seek to find their center in a more strife-filled and impersonal world."


--Mark R. Ramseth, President Emeritus, Trinity Lutheran Seminary



"A riveting journey that touches the heart and draws you in from page one . . . Uplifting, witty. . . . A faithful gem you will not be able to put down."


--Robert Henderson, Lead Pastor, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Chagrin Falls, Ohio



"Listen to Your Bread is the delicious account of a baker's life set in the world of commercial bread baking. But it's also about gathering around the bread of life in the sacrament of Communion. Through many obstacles, their enduring Christian faith enables this three-generation family to rise to the task. This is more than a book about comfort food, because in the end, both our bellies and our spirits are fed--I'm left hungering for more."


--Gregory L. Adkins, retired Pastor, The Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church



"Listen to Your Bread is an engaging and humorously written account about the Hauts, a family of bakers who understand that the secret to good bread is patience, skill, and the ability to adapt. With the era of rapid industrialization as a backdrop, we follow the Hauts as they expand and navigate the highs and lows of a changing society. Reading these pages was truly time well spent."


--Angela Webb, Instructor of Culinary Arts, Sandhills Community College



Ann Haut is the editor of three books honoring the lifework of the late Rev. Dr. Walter R. Bouman. Similarly, her own studies look into the future-oriented power of hope. A former university professor, she now devotes her time to adult education and speaking engagements. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, Mark. Additional information is available at www.annhaut.com.

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Overview
A tough town like Olean offers a guy only so many job options: sweat in the stench of oil refinery crude, like his immigrant father does, suffer boredom in a factory job, or apprentice in a trade. Icky Haut chooses the latter and works his way up, one crumb at a time, in a commercial bread bakery.




Haut loves everything about baking bread: the smell and taste of yeast, the softness of flour rubbed between fingertips, the intense heat of ovens, the anticipation of a loaf's rise, and the comfort of its promise of sustenance. But after his second child is born, he realizes he's been mixing, proofing, shaping, scoring, and baking dough half his life. Is this it?




Maybe not . . . but then his great idea to expand the bakery jams him up with his boss, and he's toast. How Haut relies on family and faith to start his own bakery is the center of this real-life, local-guy-makes-good story set in the 1930s and 40s. Haut's boss calls bread the "staff of life" feeding his bottom line; the Hauts are nourished by their faith, and that shift in perspective recasts the story to hope in the "Bread of Life."
ISBN: 1725290057
ISBN13: 9781725290051
Author: Ann Haut
Publisher: Resource Publications
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2021-05-08
Language: English
PageCount: 254
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.58 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 12.16 ounces
A tough town like Olean offers a guy only so many job options: sweat in the stench of oil refinery crude, like his immigrant father does, suffer boredom in a factory job, or apprentice in a trade. Icky Haut chooses the latter and works his way up, one crumb at a time, in a commercial bread bakery.




Haut loves everything about baking bread: the smell and taste of yeast, the softness of flour rubbed between fingertips, the intense heat of ovens, the anticipation of a loaf's rise, and the comfort of its promise of sustenance. But after his second child is born, he realizes he's been mixing, proofing, shaping, scoring, and baking dough half his life. Is this it?




Maybe not . . . but then his great idea to expand the bakery jams him up with his boss, and he's toast. How Haut relies on family and faith to start his own bakery is the center of this real-life, local-guy-makes-good story set in the 1930s and 40s. Haut's boss calls bread the "staff of life" feeding his bottom line; the Hauts are nourished by their faith, and that shift in perspective recasts the story to hope in the "Bread of Life."
Editorial Reviews


"In this beautifully written retelling of her own family's journey, Dr. Ann Haut shares the hard-earned wisdom and life lessons of baker Edward 'Icky' Haut. Wisdom does not come from cheap grace but, rather, from a kind of virtuous, but counter-intuitive, obstinacy--a stubbornness anchored in hope and faith in the ultimate goodness of creation and its Creator. It is not a walk of sugar and spice, even when bread and cookies are its manifestations. It's messy, uncomfortable, and hard on loved ones, and fraught with pain and disappointment. It is a test of one's grit, as the author shows, but a test that can be met when we listen to our bread."


--Peter Reinhart, author of The Bread Bakers Apprentice and Executive Director of the Johnson & Wales University International Symposium on Bread



"Food, culture, and entrepreneurship converge in this chronicle of the European immigrant experience in the US. Yes, it is one family's story in Olean, New York, but it's also a reminder of the struggles during the Great Depression and World War II. Ann Haut's conversational writing style in this novelized family history captures the flavor of time and place. Bread offers more than sustenance here--it represents connections to cultural identity, faith, and family."


--Gail Bellamy, restaurant writer, food editor, and author of Cleveland Food Memories



"Listen to Your Bread is a story set in the small town of Olean, New York, where a young Icky Haut finds identity and vocation. The story is subtle and empathetic, delving into the community and family ties of love, duty, sympathy, forgiveness, and faith. The grace of plain and ordinary people serves to raise the human spirit for those today who seek to find their center in a more strife-filled and impersonal world."


--Mark R. Ramseth, President Emeritus, Trinity Lutheran Seminary



"A riveting journey that touches the heart and draws you in from page one . . . Uplifting, witty. . . . A faithful gem you will not be able to put down."


--Robert Henderson, Lead Pastor, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Chagrin Falls, Ohio



"Listen to Your Bread is the delicious account of a baker's life set in the world of commercial bread baking. But it's also about gathering around the bread of life in the sacrament of Communion. Through many obstacles, their enduring Christian faith enables this three-generation family to rise to the task. This is more than a book about comfort food, because in the end, both our bellies and our spirits are fed--I'm left hungering for more."


--Gregory L. Adkins, retired Pastor, The Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church



"Listen to Your Bread is an engaging and humorously written account about the Hauts, a family of bakers who understand that the secret to good bread is patience, skill, and the ability to adapt. With the era of rapid industrialization as a backdrop, we follow the Hauts as they expand and navigate the highs and lows of a changing society. Reading these pages was truly time well spent."


--Angela Webb, Instructor of Culinary Arts, Sandhills Community College



Ann Haut is the editor of three books honoring the lifework of the late Rev. Dr. Walter R. Bouman. Similarly, her own studies look into the future-oriented power of hope. A former university professor, she now devotes her time to adult education and speaking engagements. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, Mark. Additional information is available at www.annhaut.com.

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  • Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.

Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.

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  • Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.
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Estimated delivery times:

  • Standard Shipping: 5-8 business days
  • Expedited Shipping: 3-5 business days

Shipping method varies depending on what is being shipped.  

Tracking
All orders are shipped with a tracking number. Once your order has left our warehouse, a confirmation e-mail with a tracking number will be sent to you. You will be able to track your package at all times. 

Damaged Parcel
If your package has been delivered in a PO Box, please note that we are not responsible for any damage that may result (consequences of extreme temperatures, theft, etc.). 

If you have any questions regarding shipping or want to know about the status of an order, please contact us or email to support@stevensbooks.com.

You may return most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.

To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.

Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.

Additional non-returnable items:

  • Gift cards
  • Downloadable software products
  • Some health and personal care items

To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)

  • Book with obvious signs of use
  • CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
  • Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
  • Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery

Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.

Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.

If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:

  • Item(s) no longer needed or wanted.
  • Item(s) returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address.
  • Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.


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