There are four recipes for French bread on this lens, but that's just the beginning. Did you know that a French bread historian has written a whole book on the history of French bread? Who knew there were French bread historians? It appears that for a century or so, the quality of French bread deteriorated to the point that one had to hold one's nose to eat it -- but that's all in the past. Since the early nineties, French bakers have returned to their old ways and the bread is yummy again. The lens has other features, too, including videos of bakers making French bread and a list of top ten quote that famous people have said about this well loved food