Robert Penn
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Acostumbrado al pan de molde del supermercado, Robert Penn prueba pan «de verdad» y despierta una obsesión: se propone hacer pan de manera totalmente artesanal, desde la siembra y siega del trigo, pasando por la molienda, la fermentación y el amasado, hasta el producto final, que hornea en su obrador de piedra de un pueblo de Gales. Pero antes, Penn recorre el mundo en busca de testimonios de agricultores a las orillas del Nilo, científicos del...
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Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is the most closely bound up with who we are. From tool handles to arrows, wheels and bowls to furniture and baseball bats, humans have made more and varied use of ash than any other kind of wood. Journeying across the English-speaking world, Robert Penn meets craftsmen with rare skills and a knowledge of the properties of ash developed over millennia. He finds that ancient traditions still thrive, and he...
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Robert Penn has saddled up nearly every day of his adult life. In his late twenties, he pedaled 25,000 miles around the world. Today he rides to get to work, sometimes for work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to travel, to go shopping, to stay sane, and to skip bath time with his kids. He's no Sunday pedal pusher. So when the time came for a new bike, he decided to pull out all the stops. He would build his dream bike, the bike he would ride for the...